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fix for 'perlop.pod' shipped with perl5.00503 #710

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p5pRT opened this issue Oct 13, 1999 · 2 comments
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fix for 'perlop.pod' shipped with perl5.00503 #710

p5pRT opened this issue Oct 13, 1999 · 2 comments

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p5pRT commented Oct 13, 1999

Migrated from rt.perl.org#1612 (status was 'resolved')

Searchable as RT1612$

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p5pRT commented Oct 13, 1999

From hvv@hippo.ru

Here is a small fix for perlop.pod.

Thank you for your work, guys.

Best regards,
  -Vlad

Inline Patch
--- perlop.pod-old	Sat May  1 03:43:23 1999
+++ perlop.pod	Sat May  1 04:25:04 1999
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 right argument is an expression rather than a search pattern,
 substitution, or transliteration, it is interpreted as a search pattern at run
 time.  This can be is less efficient than an explicit search, because the
-pattern must be compiled every time the expression is evaluated.
+pattern must be compiled every time the expression is evaluated).
 
 Binary "!~" is just like "=~" except the return value is negated in
 the logical sense.

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p5pRT commented Oct 13, 1999

From @tamias

On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 03​:48​:59PM +0500, Vlad Harchev wrote​:

--- perlop.pod-old Sat May 1 03​:43​:23 1999
+++ perlop.pod Sat May 1 04​:25​:04 1999
@​@​ -168,7 +168,7 @​@​
right argument is an expression rather than a search pattern,
substitution, or transliteration, it is interpreted as a search pattern at run
time. This can be is less efficient than an explicit search, because the
-pattern must be compiled every time the expression is evaluated.
+pattern must be compiled every time the expression is evaluated).

As long as we're fixing this puncuation, the closing parenthesis should be
after the period, not before.

Ronald

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