I had no time to answer earlier, but I fully agree with afoken.

Unfortunately do the perldocs often reflect only an archaic Perl.

It's no wonder if beginners become confused and frustrated.

For instance we keep telling them to use strict and declare variables while a big part of the docs isn't strict at all.

I consider this a real problem, because it's damaging the reputation of Perl.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

In reply to Re^4: Exporter. Correct way to override import? (archaic perldoc) by LanX
in thread Exporter. Correct way to override import? by Veltro

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