Re: perldoc -f qw (and others) by brian d foy- May 19, 2006 In article<22279.194.237.142.10.1148054960.squirrelupmail.polettix.it>, FlavioPoletti <flaviopolettix.it> wrote:> If you think this could be helpful, I&39;d be glad to propose the patch to> Mr. Sean M. Burke, who seems to be the responsible for Pod::Perldoc> maintenance. The patch seems to work on my system but - ehr - that&39;s only> my system :)This is a bad idea. Where is it going to end What other patches willwe need to make the -f switch do something its not...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.documentation/2006/05/msg839.html Re: perldoc -f qw (and others) by Flavio Poletti- May 19, 2006 After thinking about the recent discussion regarding the operators, I washit by a simple consideration: we (the human) are debating about somethingthat it (the computer) should manage.On the one hand, the docs for the quote-like operators are in perlop. Ithink that we all like this (the "they&39;re operators!" party being somewhatmore enthusiast ;). On the other hand, I also think that we all like"perldoc -f whatever" being immediately useful, without forcing to doone more...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.documentation/2006/05/msg838.html Re: perldoc -f qw (and others) by Smylers- May 19, 2006 Flavio Poletti writes:> > > 2. If you agree that "perldoc -f qw" should return some actual> > > content about the qw function,> >> > I think it&39;s fine. It&39;s not a function, it&39;s an operator.> > Then this should go out of the "scope" of perldoc -f.Yes. It pretty much is.> Either it should remain in, so it would be better to give immediate> help without hunting, or it should go out because it&39;s an operator and> not..http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.documentation/2006/05/msg837.html Re: perldoc -f qw (and others) by Simon Taylor- May 18, 2006 > >> The user has to work out how to find the> >> "Regexp Quote-Like Operators" section in perlop, and> >>> >> 1. What do you think about this> >> > I think it&39;s not much work to look in perlop.> >> >> 2. If you agree that "perldoc -f qw" should return some> >> actual content about the qw function,> >> > I think it&39;s fine. It&39;s not a function, it&39;s an...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.documentation/2006/05/msg836.html Re: perldoc -f qw (and others) by Flavio Poletti- May 18, 2006 snip>> The user has to work out how to find the>> "Regexp Quote-Like Operators" section in perlop, and>>> 1. What do you think about this>> I think it&39;s not much work to look in perlop.>>> 2. If you agree that "perldoc -f qw" should return some>> actual content about the qw function,>> I think it&39;s fine. It&39;s not a function, it&39;s an operator.>Then this should go out of the "scope" of...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.documentation/2006/05/msg835.html Re: perldoc -f qw (and others) by brian d foy- May 18, 2006 In article <62829.210.15.216.58.1147955757.squirrel64.34.200.215>,<simonunisolve.com.au> wrote:> perldoc -f qw> > qwSTRING> Generalized quotes. See "Regexp Quote-Like Operators" in> perlop.> > is a little on the brutal side! (And the same is true for qx(), qq(), etc).> > My thinking is this:> > The user has to work out how to find the> "Regexp Quote-Like Operators" section in perlop, and> 1. What do..http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.documentation/2006/05/msg834.html perldoc -f qw (and others) by simon- May 18, 2006 Hello,Most Perl functions have some sort of entry availablefor the user who learns how to type: perldoc -f func_nameSo perldoc -f sort (or map or grep) all return prettyuseful information.I&39;m a little concerned that for the newer user, the qw()entry: perldoc -f qw qwSTRING Generalized quotes. See "Regexp Quote-Like Operators" in perlop.is a little on the brutal side! (And the same is true for qx(), qq(), etc).My thinking is this: The user has to work out how to...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.documentation/2006/05/msg833.html |