On Wed Aug 28 08:04:05 2013, zefram@fysh.org wrote: > Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > If the string is a > >constant in the source then it's true, not false. Perl's a2p(1) doesn't > >handle this subtlety. > > a2p isn't meant to be an implementation of awk, but an approximate > translator. It deliberately compromises on awk semantics in order > to produce idiomatic Perl. So this problem, arising from a low-level > difference in language semantics, is unfortunate but not a bug. Do you think I should close this as being not-a-bug, or leave it open as a wishlist item? (Is it a wishlist item, or a ‘won’t fix’?) -- Father Chrysostomos --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=115158Thread Previous | Thread Next