SPUG: search.cpan.org

[Tim Maher]

Can anybody please explain to me the search-language syntax being
used over at search.cpan.org? One would think that once you've
selected "search in MODULES ONLY" and typed in
Select::POSIX::Shell, that it would be smart enough not to split
the words on the ::'s, and show (irrelevant) matches for each
component! The FAQ is totally mute on the subject of constructing
queries, but it appears to me to be an extremely lame system. Am
I missing something, or is this as feeble as it looks?


-Tim
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