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On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:52:04 +0000 (GMT), Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> wrote: > On Sun, 23 Nov 2008, H. Merijn Brand via RT wrote: > > > On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:29:16 -0800, "rrt@sc3d.org (via RT)" > > <perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote: > > > >> "mv" > >> From Loc.U: > >> > >> This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a > >> plain ’’ and is not useful. > >> > >> A plain what? > > > > What is unclear about "a plain ''"? It is an empty string. > > That is unclear for two reasons: > > 1. Normally, one quotes something. It looked to me as though something was > missing. > > 2. The quotes are not Perl quotes. > > I suggest you write "The value is the empty string and is not useful." > > > Configure uses 'dist' to generate Configure, and 'dist' defines 'mv', but > > perl doesn't use it. I will not overrule the part of dist that defines > > 'mv' just to make this unused variable go away. </longer explanation> > > Absolutely no need, just fix the docs. The docs are generated from the meta-units. I have to change the 'dist' module to change the docs, so I guess you'll have to live with it. -- H.Merijn Brand Amsterdam Perl Mongers http://amsterdam.pm.org/ using & porting perl 5.6.2, 5.8.x, 5.10.x, 5.11.x on HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, 11.11, 11.23, and 11.31, SuSE 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3, AIX 5.2, and Cygwin. http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/ http://www.test-smoke.org/ http://qa.perl.org http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/Thread Previous | Thread Next