We all know and love the shortcut for linking to the offcial Perl documentation website, using 'URL pseudo-schemas'. Refer to:

How do I link to the Perl documentation?
What shortcuts can I use for linking to other information?

For example, to link to the docs for the built-in 'split' function:

[doc://split] works as intended ... split

I know of at least two functions which currently have broken links:

I get "Error 404" in my browser.

A workaround is to use 'General-Purpose Linking'. For example:

[href://http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/say.html|say] ... say

Update: ikegami notified me (via private /msg) of a shorter workaround

[http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/say.html|say] ... say

Obviously, that's a lot more typing (or mouse clicks), but it gets the job done. These are just 2 examples which surfaced within the last week or so. There may be more.

It would be great if fixing these broken links were added to the 'to do' list of the empowered Monks.

In reply to Broken shortcut links for some built-in functions by toolic

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