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Re^2: Can't remove directory-Permission denied (knot)

by tye (Sage)
on Oct 22, 2012 at 15:02 UTC ( [id://1000362]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Can't remove directory-Permission denied
in thread Can't remove directory-Permission denied

return unless /[^.]/;

I'm not unsure that it isn't impossible to avoid not including more negations without having to avoid a lack of not trying.

return if /^\.{1,2}\z/;

The 'return' still represents one implied negation ("don't do the following"). Each additional negation adds the chance for mentally dropping the negation and introducing a bug or wasting too much time getting very confused.

It also doesn't skip directories named "...". :) And, of course, that code is assuming a Unix or Windows file system.

- tye        

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Re^3: Can't remove directory-Permission denied (knot)
by Athanasius (Archbishop) on Oct 22, 2012 at 16:42 UTC
    I'm not unsure that it isn't impossible to avoid not including more negations without having to avoid a lack of not trying.

    Clarity itself to a logician, certainly, but — on the offchance that some following along at home might need a little help — let Perl elucidate:

    #! perl use strict; use warnings; my $str1 = "I'm not unsure that it isn't impossible to " . "avoid not including more negations without " . "having to avoid a lack of not trying."; my $str2 = $str1; my %negs = ("not un" => "", "it isn't im" => "it's ", "avoid not including" => "include", "without having to avoid" => "by", "a lack of not" => ""); # Collapse double negatives while (my ($key, $value) = each %negs) { $str2 =~ s/$key/$value/g; } # Remove extra spaces $str2 =~ s/\s+/ /g; # Display the translation print "$str1\n\n-->\n\n$str2\n";

    (Is there anything Perl can’t do?)

    Athanasius <°(((><contra mundum

Re^3: Can't remove directory-Permission denied (knot)
by Lotus1 (Vicar) on Oct 22, 2012 at 15:59 UTC

    To match '.' don't you need to use '\.' or [.] ?

      Indeed. I had [.] then changed it to \.. I suspect the \ accidentally got dropped when I further updated the regex. Sorry about that. Fixed now. Thanks.

      - tye        

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