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Re: hyperoverquoting of built-in functions: JUST SAY NO #351

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p5pRT opened this issue Aug 7, 1999 · 1 comment
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Re: hyperoverquoting of built-in functions: JUST SAY NO #351

p5pRT opened this issue Aug 7, 1999 · 1 comment

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p5pRT commented Aug 7, 1999

Migrated from rt.perl.org#1184 (status was 'resolved')

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p5pRT commented Aug 7, 1999

From cook@mediaone.net

On Sun, May 02, 1999 at 08​:41​:06AM -0600, Tom Christiansen wrote​:

Well, the pods are certainly a wreck these days, aren't they? We have
the following conflicting conventions for marking up built-ins. I here
demonstrate using scalar()​:

<snip>

The issue is merely one of simplicity. As soon as you get
too into fancy mark-ups, you're moving away from the "p" in pod.

--tom

I'm for simplicity but I need data to back me up. I am in the process of
looking up the translators and reading perldoc, perlpod.
-cookie

Just an update​: You havn't lost me yet. I'm still working on translators and
what they do and how to use them.
--cookie

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