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Re: PATCH: [perl #58182] partial, "The Unicode Bug". Add unicode semantics for \s, \w

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demerphq
Date:
May 19, 2010 23:42
Subject:
Re: PATCH: [perl #58182] partial, "The Unicode Bug". Add unicode semantics for \s, \w
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On 20 May 2010 00:56, Eric Brine <ikegami@adaelis.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 4:09 PM, demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 19 May 2010 18:11, Tom Christiansen <tchrist@perl.com> wrote:
>> >>>> Only nit is i think covered by the -E option which implies a use
>> >>>> LATEST;
>> >>>> right?
>> >
>> >>> hum, neither perlrun nor feature mention the problem with backwards
>> >>> compatibility of using -E. Maybe something like the following (but I'm
>> >>> not
>> >>> fully awake yet):
>> >
>> >>> Since L<feature> is used to introduce features that are not backwards
>> >>> compatible, using C<< -E'...' >> instead of C<< -e'use 5.014; ...' >>
>> >>> may
>> >>> result in broken code when Perl is upgraded.
>> >
>> >> One wonders if we should mention that using one liners in production
>> >> is not recommended?
>> >
>> > It's not??
>>
>> Anyone who has written a book on Perl is excepted from this rule.
>
> I don't have any books to my cred, and I use one-liners in batch and bash
> scripts.

T'would appear you have two options, replace them with scripts or get
published like Tom.

;-)

Yves


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