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Output of perldoc -f tr is truncated #13060
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From @pjscottCreated by @pjscott% perldoc -f tr It should have kept going and displayed the documentation for tr|y. It =item tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cdsr =item y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cdsr Not sure what the best fix would be here. Perl Info
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From @jkeenanOn Tue Jun 25 07:20:21 2013, Peter@PSDT.com wrote:
1. Bug confirmed. 2. I suspect it's a problem with 'perldoc -f' -- but *not* the problem 3. As was the case with #118615, since Pod-Perldoc is primarily Thank you very much. |
The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open' |
@jkeenan - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected' |
From @pjscottOn Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:38:03 -0700, James E Keenan via RT wrote:
I demur. It seems at least as likely to me that the fix lies in =item tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cdsr =item y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cdsr X<tr> X<y> X<transliterate> X</c> X</d> X</s> then perldoc -f tr and perldoc -f y both produce what appears to be the -- |
From @rjbsI would like to see this fixed. Let's not worry for just this moment whether that means in core or If I make the update you suggest, I get different output for `perldoc -f tr` and `perldoc -f y`. tr's docs show most of "Quote and Quote-like Operators" y's shows just the section for y/// Did you make any other change, or did I make a mistake here or did I misread you? -- |
From @pjscottOn 7/6/13 9:23 AM, Ricardo SIGNES via RT wrote:
Sorry about that RJBS, there is another necessary change, assuming that --- /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16.2/pod/perlop.pod.orig 2013-06-30 =head2 Quote and Quote-like Operators While we usually think of quotes as literal values, in Perl they The fly in the ointment is that now both of them only display the Unless we introduce new syntax/semantics, the only solution to *that* I =item tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cdsr OR Even if search_perlop in Pod::Perldoc were changed to have the 'related' This is the only instance of two functions/operators with different Thanks for taking your time on this. See you in a couple of weeks. |
From @rjbsThis seems to be sorted out in the latest Pod::Perldoc, now in blead and on CPAN. (No thanks to me, don't get me wrong! ;)) |
@jmdh - Status changed from 'rejected' to 'resolved' |
Migrated from rt.perl.org#118633 (status was 'resolved')
Searchable as RT118633$
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