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2008/5/16 Bram via RT <perlbug-followup@perl.org>: > On Tue May 23 02:34:11 2006, theodore@websitters.com wrote: >> Perlfunc gives these as examples of reverse: >> >> print reverse <>; # line tac, last line >> first >> undef $/; # for efficiency of <> >> print scalar reverse <>; # character tac, last line >> tsrif >> >> This is very clear for using reverse in list context, >> but not so clear for reversing the characters in the >> list, and very unclear regarding reversing a string. >> I've read this many times, but didn't realize that you >> could reverse a string until someone told me today. Is >> there any way you can add a line to make this more >> clear? Perhaps something like: >> >> print scalar reverse $_; >> >> Thank you for your attention to this matter. >> -Ted > > > Patch that changes the examples in perlfunc/reverse attached. Thanks. Applied as 33840. http://public.activestate.com/cgi-bin/perlbrowse/p/33840 Cheers, yves -- perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"Thread Previous