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Re: [PATCH] Re: [ID 20000322.006] incorrect pod2man output from long =item paragraphs

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Robin Barker
Date:
May 3, 2000 02:50
Subject:
Re: [PATCH] Re: [ID 20000322.006] incorrect pod2man output from long =item paragraphs
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200005030949.KAA07520@tempest.npl.co.uk
Sarathy

> From gsar@molotok.activestate.com  Mon May  1 16:22:58 2000
> 
> The =for diagnostics sections seem superfluous, because the =item can
> be shortened anyway without affecting the lookup.  (See patch below.)

If we are happy to go down this route (all diagnostic message unique in
first sixty or so characters) then the code to deal with =for diagnostics
can be backed out, and the patch becomes a C<use strict> clean up.  Do
you want me to made a new patch?

> >+    my $opt_p = my $opt_d = my $opt_v = my $opt_f = '';
> 
> I think these need to be declared "our".

Oh yes, of course.

Robin  

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