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Re: perl -V: list build options one per line?

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From:
H.Merijn Brand
Date:
March 25, 2016 17:49
Subject:
Re: perl -V: list build options one per line?
Message ID:
20160325184919.30950759@pc09.procura.nl
On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 11:11:05 -0600, Karl Williamson
<public@khwilliamson.com> wrote:

> On 03/25/2016 09:44 AM, Zefram wrote:
> > Dave Mitchell wrote:  
> >>      that makes the blead perl -V on my system expand from 52 lines to 102
> >> lines.  Is that really so terrible?  
> >
> > No.  The -V output is already much too large to take in at a glance,
> > so there's no real gain from packing.  Better to organise the output
> > for clarity, so +1 from me to displaying the options one per line.  
> 
> +1

I'll concede. I will need to modify Config::Perl::V to allow both


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