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On Mon Feb 25 01:22:08 2013, aaron.trevena@gmail.com wrote: > On 24 February 2013 22:25, James E Keenan via RT > <perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote: > > On Sat Aug 22 11:45:29 2009, ikegami@adaelis.com wrote: > >> On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 7:44 AM, Rafael Garcia-Suarez < > >> rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > 2009/8/21 Aaron Trevena <perlbug-followup@perl.org>: > >> > > Adding pod inside of a function call resulted in the following > >> error: > >> > > > >> > > String found where operator expected at > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > /home/teejay/development/freelance/lucemincendo/trunk/webserver/script/../lib/RSTDB/Schema/Result/Person.pm > >> > > line 30, near "cut > >> > > "person_id"" > >> > > (Do you need to predeclare cut?) > >> > > > >> > > It appears that perl parses the =cut at the end and the next > line > >> as > >> > > code, rather than just the next line - adding whitespace and > >> newlines > >> > > didn't affect this. > >> > > >> > I think that this is documented somewhere (you can use pod only > >> > between statements), but I can't find where exactly by now... > >> > > >> > >> It's in perlsyn. It needs to be in perlpod as well! > > > > No patch was ever submitted for this ticket, which was filed more > than > > three years ago. > > Yes - so long ago I'd forgotten it :) > > > Do people feel a patch is needed? (I myself am doubtful.) Can > someone > > produce a patch? > > I can write a doc patch (about the limit of my ability to contribute > to perl-core) if it would help - perlpod would seem an appropriate > place to mention you shouldn't put pod in places like that - if it > would make the perlpod docs overly verbose I'm happy to leave it and > for the ticket to be closed. > > To be perfectly honest, it's just something I noticed while picking a > tidy way of laying out DBIC classes, it's not something I'd do again > (and haven't in the last 5 years). > > Cheers, > > A > If you'd like to write a doc patch, please do so. Otherwise tell us no, so we can close this ticket. -- Karl Williamson --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=68706Thread Previous