Re: [ID 20010827.004] qw// documentation says a list is created

On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 10:29:46AM -0500, Ren Maddox wrote:

> The documentation of qw// states that a list is created.  It needs
> to be reworded in terms of context.  Here's one attempt:
> 
>        qw/STRING/
> 
>                Evaluates to a sequence of comma-separated,
>                single-quoted sub-strings extracted out of STRING,
>                using embedded whitespace as the delimiters.

I like the addition of this clarification to the docs, but I find this
sentence difficult to understand.  Is there a way to rephrase it so that
it's clearer?


Ronald

• [ID 20010827.004] qw// documentation says a list is created by Ren Maddox
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• Re: [ID 20010827.004] qw// documentation says a list is created by Ronald J Kimball