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On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Ricardo Signes <perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org>wrote: > * Alexander Hartmaier <alex.hartmaier@gmail.com> [2013-02-14T03:43:41] > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:51 AM, Ricardo Signes > > <perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org>wrote: > > > > > special variable C<$!> -- should link to perlvar, since $! is a bit > weird > > > > > I was thinking about even use-ing English and its $OS_ERROR (or $ERRNO), > > what do you think about that? > > I do not suggest it. > > > As demerhq already pointed out that's not something I've written but just > > left in from the current doc. I not even knew that before I've started > > working on the doc. > > > > As I don't want to advocate the two-arg open form I'd rather remove this > > from the tutorial than including in a 2-arg open section where people > might > > start using it again because of this 'feature'. > > The point is not that you wrote every word of the text, but that you put > the > text into the state I quoted, and that this state is in error. > > I understand that if you are mentioning two-arg open only to point out > that it > exists, you may not want to emphasize this kind of feature. Probably you > should give it at least a few words, especially regarding space between the > mode and the name. This need not be there to present anything as a > feature, > but if the explanation is there to say "you might also see this form," > then it > should include it as it may well be seen: open FH, "< filename"; > > -- > rjbs > I'll look into it.Thread Previous