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-----Original Message----- From: Dave Mitchell Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 2:22 AM To: perl5-porters@perl.org Subject: perl -V: list build options one per line? > Currently perl -V produces output like: > > Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): > Compile-time options: DEBUGGING HAS_TIMES MULTIPLICITY PERLIO_LAYERS > PERL_COPY_ON_WRITE PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV > PERL_HASH_FUNC_ONE_AT_A_TIME_HARD > PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP > PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV PERL_TRACK_MEMPOOL > PERL_USE_DEVEL > USE_64_BIT_ALL USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS > USE_LARGE_FILES USE_LOCALE USE_LOCALE_COLLATE > USE_LOCALE_CTYPE USE_LOCALE_NUMERIC > USE_LOCALE_TIME > USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF USE_REENTRANT_API Yes, it's pretty difficult to read. However, like Tux, I'd regard the extra scrolling of having one option per line bothersome. For a compromise, maybe change the demarcation from 1 space to 2 (or 3) spaces .... or something like " * ". I find that makes it much easier to read. Using " * " would be a bit of a nuisance for anyone who wants to copy'n'paste the options into a situation where they then had to remove each asterisk. (But I don't know if people ever perform such a copy'n'paste.) Cheers, RobThread Previous | Thread Next