It happens all the time. Someone asks about a language feature and the general consensus is "don't use that!". Most recent example, and insperation for this node: regex "o" modifier.
Perl has its weaknesses and it's good we realize them. I can think of only a few myself:
Including the /o-modifier, the list now has 3 language features that seemed a nice idea at first, but aren't really usable now.
This is your opportunity to curse in church :)
Juerd
# { site => 'juerd.nl', plp_site => 'plp.juerd.nl', do_not_use => 'spamtrap' }
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