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Re: [PATCH] perlsyn.pod Revamp (take 2)

From:
Rafael Garcia-Suarez
Date:
May 12, 2003 15:08
Subject:
Re: [PATCH] perlsyn.pod Revamp (take 2)
Message ID:
20030513001432.6ca23970.rgarciasuarez@free.fr
Casey West wrote:
> --- perl-current.orig/pod/perlsyn.pod   Sat Apr 26 20:07:07 2003
> +++ perl-current/pod/perlsyn.pod        Mon May 12 17:54:21 2003
> @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
>  ignored.  If you attempt to use C</* */> C-style comments, it will be
>  interpreted either as division or pattern matching, depending on the
>  context, and C++ C<//> comments just look like a null regular
> -expression, so don't do that.
> +expression or pattern match operator, so don't do that.

You should read about the new toys, Casey...

Change 19504 by rgs@rgs-home on 2003/05/12 20:52:52

        Small nit in perlsyn about the new // operator

Affected files ...

... //depot/perl/pod/perlsyn.pod#37 edit

Differences ...

==== //depot/perl/pod/perlsyn.pod#37 (text) ====

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ignored.  If you attempt to use C</* */> C-style comments, it will be
 interpreted either as division or pattern matching, depending on the
 context, and C++ C<//> comments just look like a null regular
-expression, so don't do that.
+expression or defined-or operator, so don't do that.
 
 =head2 Declarations
 



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