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<a name='TITLE'></a><h1>TITLE</h1>
<p>Eliminate the optional <code>sub</code> for <code>BEGIN</code> etc block declarations</p>
<a name='VERSION'></a><h1>VERSION</h1>
<pre>  Maintainer: Peter Scott &lt;<a href='mailto:peter@psdt.com'>peter@psdt.com</a>&gt;
  Date: 8 Aug 2000
  Last Modified: 29 Aug 2000
  Mailing List: <a href='mailto:perl6-language@perl.org'>perl6-language@perl.org</a>
  Number: 68
  Version: 2
  Status: Frozen</pre>
<a name='ABSTRACT'></a><h1>ABSTRACT</h1>
<p>The <code>sub</code> keyword is currently optional on <code>BEGIN</code>, <code>END</code>, <code>CHECK</code>,
<code>INIT</code>.  Almost certainly no-one ever uses it.  It should be eliminated
as an option.</p>
<a name='DESCRIPTION'></a><h1>DESCRIPTION</h1>
<p><code>BEGIN</code> etc have special semantics making them different from ordinary
subroutines; telling the user that they can use the <code>sub</code> keyword gives
a false impression.</p>
<a name='IMPLEMENTATION'></a><h1>IMPLEMENTATION</h1>
<p>Obvious.</p>
<a name='REFERENCES'></a><h1>REFERENCES</h1>
<p><i><a href='http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?perlmod#Package Constructors and Destructors'>&quot;Package Constructors and Destructors&quot; in perlmod</a></i></p>
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