It was this sentence:
kalamiti:
I know both works but get lost on wich to choose
I felt that kalamiti was not really sure about what s/// and tr/// do, since they both were not doing the same thing in the code, and decided that adding some more documentation to your post (which was already the highest-voted node at the time) would be a good idea.
Abigail-II:
The post of the OP clearly suggest to me that the OP knows what tr/// and s/// do.
I didn't get the same impression.
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It's a frightening trend. Whenever someone asks a question, you'll usually get someone replying by copying & pasting perldoc info. In my view, they are trying to look smart by doing so and perhaps get some XP. (Hey, look at me, I know how to use perldoc!) | [reply] |
While I agree in principle, that's still a harsh critisism.
Instead, perhaps a comprimise, suggesting the person look in x or y perldoc, and search for z entry? Or a link to the same on http://perldoc.com rather than repasting stuff we all have access to anyway? If someone doesn't know how to look, they should certainly learn, but simply reposting from perldoc isn't going to help.
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If someone doesn't know how to look, they should certainly learn, but simply reposting from perldoc isn't going to help.
Exactly, at least for the quoted part. And reminding them to look at the docs should not be equivalent to the statement "You're too stupid to look at the docs, so I'm going to punish you by pointing that out and not giving you any other help." So if people post from perldoc (or whatever) instead of linking, they should include how to get the information--hence the content and structure of my post.
perlop is a fairly long document (over 2000 lines, or 30 pages). Reposting excerpts does not hurt anyone and provides easy access to the relevant sections of the documentation.
Some people forget that this is not Usenet. The Monastery is a social network that tries to increase its appeal by putting social considerations on a level with technical ones. So far, it has worked very well.
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