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Re^5: -pi -e argv repeaterby BrowserUk (Patriarch) |
on Feb 04, 2007 at 19:13 UTC ( [id://598212]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Another justifiction: $INPLACE_EDIT is "clearer" that $^I. If you don't understand the process set in motion by setting an appropriate value into this magic variable, via either alias; and what constitutes an 'appropriate value'; and what other pieces of magical context are required to make it all work; then you are going to have to look it up. And it is just as easy to look up $^I as it is to lookup $INPLACE_EDIT. And if you are familiar with the requirements and effect of setting a value into that magic variable, then $INPLACE_EDIT is no clearer than $^I. The former is in no way enough to explain what's going on, if you are unfamiliar with the operation. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
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