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<a name='TITLE'></a><h1>TITLE</h1>
<p><code>$^C</code> should be true when compiling</p>
<a name='VERSION'></a><h1>VERSION</h1>
<pre>  Maintainer: Simon Cozens &lt;<a href='mailto:simon@brecon.co.uk'>simon@brecon.co.uk</a>&gt;
  Date: 25 Sep 2000
  Mailing List: <a href='mailto:perl6-language@perl.org'>perl6-language@perl.org</a>
  Number: 305
  Version: 1
  Status: Developing</pre>
<a name='ABSTRACT'></a><h1>ABSTRACT</h1>
<p><code>$^C</code> should be true when compiling, not just when the <code>-c</code> flag is
set.</p>
<a name='DESCRIPTION'></a><h1>DESCRIPTION</h1>
<p>The idea of <code>$^C</code> is that it allows programs to change their behaviour
when being compiled. However, the way it's implemented means it's only
true when the <code>-c</code> flag is given on the Perl command line. At the
moment, there's no way of telling whether you're in a <code>BEGIN</code> block or
not, and there ought to be.</p>
<a name='IMPLEMENTATION'></a><h1>IMPLEMENTATION</h1>
<p>Make <code>$^C</code> true while the interpreter is compiling code, and not just
when it's going to compile and quit.</p>
<a name='REFERENCES'></a><h1>REFERENCES</h1>
<p>None.</p>
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