SPUG: Docs on "-l" wrong?
Cantrall, Christopher W
christopher.w.cantrall at boeing.com
Tue Aug 26 13:13:51 CDT 2003
I would think that the documentation of the -l switch would start with "Automagically takes care of line endings, so you don't have to think about chomp or \n - high DWIMage factor." and then continue with a detailed explanation.
Well, I don't know if the pumpking would approve of "DWIMage".
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Christopher Cantrall
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Christopher.W.Cantrall at Boeing.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Maher [mailto:tim at consultix-inc.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 12:06 PM
> To: spug-list at pm.org
> Subject: SPUG: Docs on "-l" wrong?
>
>
> SPUGsters,
>
> Does anybody think the -l documentation from "perldoc perlrun"
> is any good? This is a confusing topic in the first place, IMHO, and
> this man page makes it moreso. See my comments below. And I'd welcome
> yours too.
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