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From:
Christian Walde
Date:
February 13, 2011 08:18
Subject:
Re: perldoc improvements for map
Message ID:
op.vqunlhjk1fclwf@xenpad.guest.traffics.de
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:10:23 +0100, Tom Christiansen <tchrist@perl.com> wrote:

>> I'm sorry, but as far as i am concerned portability cannot be overdone.
>> Even the last full release version of ExtUtils::MakeMaker does not work on
>> most Windows platform combinations due to non-portable assumptions, and
>> despite these issues being fixed in the repo there isn't even a dev release
>> of a working version yet.
>
> I would like to see a warning on [a-z] in patterns a heck of a lot earlier
> than I'd care to see a warning on slashes in open strings.

Not disagreeing, but honestly: I would've been happy if only it had been as easy as slashes.

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With regards,
Christian Walde
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