NO_MATHOMS for 5.10?

If we've got it right, then all the functions in mathoms.c
exist only for
binary compatibility. Given that everything has to be
recompiled for 5.10,
is it right to make the default for 5.10 NO_MATHOMS?

I can see a danger that we'd break any source that
references Perl API
functions by their full name, rather than using the short
name (which is
now a macro).

Nicholas Clark

On 17/09/2007, Nicholas Clark <nickccl4.org> wrote:
> If we've got it right, then all the functions in
mathoms.c exist only for
> binary compatibility. Given that everything has to be
recompiled for 5.10,
> is it right to make the default for 5.10 NO_MATHOMS?
>
> I can see a danger that we'd break any source that
references Perl API
> functions by their full name, rather than using the
short name (which is
> now a macro).

The main problem with that is that nobody smokes with
-DNO_MATHOMS, so
maybe that default should have been turned on a bit earlier,
to catch
potential problems.