New functions?

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Re: New functions? by Roy Johnson (Monsignor) on Jun 01, 2004 at 20:58 UTC
`<at>` is someone spelling out the `@` sigil. `is` is one of the functions from the Test::More module. The PerlMonk `tr///` Advocate	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: New functions? by gjb (Vicar) on Jun 01, 2004 at 21:00 UTC
`<at>` is most probably `@` :) `is` is part of the Test::More module and check equality in a sensible way. Used in test code. Hope this helps, -gjb-	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: New functions? by CountZero (Bishop) on Jun 01, 2004 at 21:03 UTC
`<at>` is really "@". I saw it too in MJD's-mail. It is probably an artefact of not being able to use "@" in some mail messages `my @rows = split /\n/, $_;` Split what is found in the magic variable $_ on linefeed into the array @rows. `my $x = pop @rows;` "pop" the top element of the array @rows into scalar variable $x `is(scalar( @$result), $n_courses, "test $.: one room per course");` "is" is a function in the Test::More module (to build an automated test suite). It checks if the value of `scalar( @$result)` is equal to `$n_courses`. CountZero "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: New functions? by Fletch (Bishop) on Jun 02, 2004 at 01:28 UTC
More likely it's an overzealous attempt at obfuscating email addresses in a web mail archive.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: New functions? by CountZero (Bishop) on Jun 02, 2004 at 06:13 UTC
Then it must probably be some "automated obfuscator" as the "@" here is not used in e-mail addresses and the `s/@/ <at> /` was blindly applied. Surely another victim of the anti-spam overkill. Sometimes you wonder whether the cure is worse than the illness. CountZero "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law	[reply] [d/l]