The only problem i see with this is the inability to link to NAMESPACES. For example, if i want to link to the Config namespace, the current link method "works": Config, but your proposal does not: http://search.cpan.org/perldoc/Config.

As far as Perl functions are concered, that's just a convenience. I strongly feel that everyone should have a console window open where they can simply type perldoc -f substr instead of putting a load on the PerlMonks server. UPDATE: my apologies ... i misread that you are talking about perldoc links. I really don't see anything wrong with how perldoc links ... not everyone is using the exact same version of Perl.

I should also add that anytime i link to a CPAN module or Perl function, i only do so to point out that it exists. I don't add links so that users will click them, and read them verbatim from there. I would rather that everyone understood that they have their own perldoc they can use locally. (Unless they don't have that particular module installed, then the link acts as a way to download the distro.)

jeffa

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In reply to Re: cpan: module and perldoc: links by jeffa
in thread cpan: module and perldoc: links by ysth

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