Perl Mongers, NW Arkansas Newsletter - September 7, 2000

[Perl Mongers]

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              PERL MONGERS NEWSLETTER
                      Northwest Arkansas
                       September 7, 2000
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1.	Small, but growing
2.	Meeting at ?? on ??
3.	Current Events & Perl News
4.	Perl Tip
5.	Feedback Requested


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1.	Small, but growing
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No, we don't have too many members yet, but we're letting people know that a
local chapter of Perl Mongers is active and open for new members.  If you know
anyone who likes Perl, let them know we're here!


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2.	Meeting at ?? on ??
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We'd like to get together with our members, but would like your feedback on
dates and locations before it is set.  Also, please let us know if there are any
topics that you would like to discuss.


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3.	Current Events & Perl News
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2000, September

	September 6 - New pages put up on the website.  Let us know what you think!
http://nwark.pm/org/

	September 1 - Carlos Ramirez unveils perldoc.com, an up-to-date repository of
Perl documentation. (http://www.perldoc.com/)

	September ?? - Larry Wall is further immortalized as a GeekCulture geek action
figure.

http://www.geekculture.com/geekycomics/Aftery2k/fanclub/standups/actionfigures/l
arrywall.html


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4.	Perl Tip
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from perl-win32-users at activestate.com Mailing List

How can I comment out a section of my code?

	Perl seems to have only single line comments. Commenting out
	a whole region of code quickly becomes tedious. There must
	be a better way to do it. As usual, there is actually more
	than one way to do it. For example, you can use POD to turn
	your code into comments:

=pod

  # code commented out temporarily
   ...
=cut

	Note that you should have a blank line after a POD
	directive. Another way is to use an if block:

if (0) {
   # code commented out temporarily
   ...
          }

	This of course means that the commented out code is still
	being compiled and can still generate warning, e.g. under
	'use "strict"'. A third way to comment out your code would
	be to turn it into a HERE document:

$dummy = <<COMMENTED_OUT;
   # code commented out temporarily
   ...
COMMENTED_OUT

	but this has the disadvantage that the assignment is
	actually being executed and that it wastes some storage at
	runtime. Choose whatever style you find most readable!


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5.	Feedback Requested
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We can guess only so much.  This is *your* local Perl Mongers chapter.  Help us
make the Northwest Arkansas chapter all you want it to be by letting us know
what you would like to see and do.  Please send your feedback and suggestions to
djasmine-pm at tnsgroup.com.


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Perl Mongers, Northwest Arkansas
http://nwark.pm.org/
(877) 560-6710