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From:
Chas. Owens
Date:
June 15, 2010 07:32
Subject:
Re: Proposed patch to perlvar.pod
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AANLkTimCCFYR1GZTofsjLejdeFtJ-GkVxkunP9x6123J@mail.gmail.com
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:15, A. Sinan Unur <nanis@cpan.org> wrote:
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> On the other hand, I do see some value in there being a simple one
> line entry for $# as new programmers trying to find documentation for
> $#ary may still check perlvar.pod without thinking about looking at a
> section titled "Names that are no longer special".
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My hope is that the new user will be using perldoc -v "$#" (which
happily works with the new section) or will search the document for
$#.  The new section is just for organization's sake.

-- 
Chas. Owens
wonkden.net
The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read.

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