Re^2: Unpack unexpectedly trimming trailing spaces

Thanks -- I did look pretty carefully in the Camel, p. 800 and on, for this type of information, because it struck me as unusual that Perl would do this type of cleanup automatically. It's very handy, of course, but not what I expected. And, of course, the expected behavior is available with 'a' instead of 'A'.

Yet another thing I've learned .. and another tricky interview question to stash away for future use (I'm looking at you, RD. :) ).

Alex / talexb / Toronto

Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.

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Re^3: Unpack unexpectedly trimming trailing spaces by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Nov 20, 2015 at 17:36 UTC
... I did look pretty carefully in the Camel ... As a general rule, I think it's best to look at the on-line pack documentation or, better yet, at your local `perldoc -f pack` (and see also perlpacktut). Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Unpack unexpectedly trimming trailing spaces by stevieb (Canon) on Nov 20, 2015 at 22:14 UTC
Even though unpack states to look to pack for further info, would it be a sensible use of time if I updated unpack to reflect at least info that's directly relevant? Thoughts? My thinking is that it might not be overly clear if someone uses `unpack` without using `pack` first.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Unpack unexpectedly trimming trailing spaces by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Nov 21, 2015 at 17:09 UTC
... info that's directly relevant ... Info that's directly relevant to unpack? The `unpack` docs already seem to have a lot (all?) of that. What did you have in mind? The first sentence in `unpack` already says "`unpack` does the reverse of `pack` ...". There is little discussion of the `TEMPLATE` and its specifiers, but then in the fourth paragraph, this: 'The TEMPLATE has the same format as in the "pack" function.' It might be more newbie-frendly if, in each pack/unpack documentation entry, there were, very close to the beginning, a paragraph to the effect "`pack` and `unpack` are complementary functions; please consult `(un)pack` and perlpacktut for a full understanding of these functions." but I'm not sure this would necessarily be much more helpful than what is already there; at some point, one must just carefully RTFM. Update: Fixed mispeling: complemenetary vice complementary. Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l] [select]