So it's not like it says "sure, here's the trick (one line of code)" is it?

Uhm, since when is the FAQ definite for when something is possible? There are lots of things that are possible with Perl, for which the FAQ doesn't provide code, let alone a one-liner. There's no need for the FAQ to repeat code that's in the manual pages. And if there isn't code mentioned in the FAQ, that doesn't mean something isn't easy.

One should also realize that large portions of the FAQ are several years old; that the FAQ was originally written by two people (who weren't always right, and sometimes had problems separating facts from opinions). When the original FAQ answer was written, it was indeed impossible. After it became possible, the FAQ was no longer maintained by the original owners. Nowadays, the FAQ is maintained by a handful of people who have committing rights to the repository, but the main maintainer is serving a tour of duty in Iraq.

Abigail

In reply to Re: regex 2 find C function dependencies by Abigail-II
in thread regex 2 find C function dependencies by jai

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