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Re: [perl #8148] Syntax error in line with leading ," (comma and quote)

From:
Steven Hancock
Date:
June 11, 2011 18:42
Subject:
Re: [perl #8148] Syntax error in line with leading ," (comma and quote)
Message ID:
BANLkTimsqsCbaPB=94PFUqs5H9qGVvgtBw@mail.gmail.com
Sorry,
I reported that problem 10 years ago and I don't have the file any longer.
Steve

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Alexandr Ciornii via RT <
perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote:

> Hi. Can you upload zipped/gzipped version of this program or check new
> perl yourself?
> I checked perl 5.8.8 and 5.14.0 and there are only syntax errors.
>
> http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=8148
>
> On Sat Dec 29 03:34:07 2001, steve@gh.dhs.org wrote:
> > I have encountered two recent cases in which a syntax error is
> >    incorrectly
> > reported for a line beginning with the two characters ,"
> > (comma and double quote).
>
> > The message is 'Unrecognized character' at that line in both cases,
> >    but
> > the details of the message vary.  I will include one of these files
> > here, and can send the other if there is interest.  The file is
> >    somewhat
> > long, but it uses no modules, which makes testing easy.
>
> > I am going to paste the file (about 23k) right here because as I
> >    recall I won't
> > get a chance to append a zipped file.  You may contact me for a zipped
> >    copy if
> > this doesn't work.
> >
> > Steve Hancock
> > perltidy@users.sourceforge.net
> > -----------Cut
> >    Here------------------------------------------------------
> > #!/usr/bin/perl
> > # scanmenu is a perl script which helps process binary data files
> > # received from the White Sands HEBF
> > # steve hancock, july 2000
> > #
>
>
> --
> Alexandr Ciornii, http://chorny.net
>
>



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