Re: Proposal: change in the [cpan://module] shortcut

What about the people who do stuff like look for one of the [cpan://CGI|CGI::*] modules? I have used this quite a few times in the past. How do you translate that?

Makeshifts last the longest.

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Re: Re: Proposal: change in the [cpan://module] shortcut by mugwumpjism (Hermit) on Feb 16, 2004 at 22:35 UTC
I think in the case where the string is an exact match for a module or distribution, it is acceptable behaviour for it to just point to the matched module, no? Maybe forcing use of `[cpan://CGI::\|CGI::*]` would be a good compromise. $h=$ENV{HOME};my@q=split/\n\n/,`cat $h/.quotes`;$s="$h/." ."signature";$t=`cat $s`;print$t,"\n",$q[rand($#q)],"\n"; [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Proposal: change in the [cpan://module] shortcut by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Feb 16, 2004 at 22:46 UTC
And what about the nodes which are already written? Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re: Re^3: Proposal: change in the [cpan://module] shortcut by BUU (Prior) on Feb 17, 2004 at 06:27 UTC
I agree, lets never ever change anything again.	[reply]
Re^5: Proposal: change in the [cpan://module] shortcut by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Feb 17, 2004 at 18:39 UTC
Re: Re: Re: Proposal: change in the [cpan://module] shortcut by bart (Canon) on Feb 18, 2004 at 21:34 UTC
Nah, the current search for CGI::* works just fine. So, having the URL translator be on the lookout for a wildcard star, and turn back to the old translation, would be quite acceptable.	[reply]