Re^4: Syntax error with use constant and switch with comment between

Unnecessary is a matter of opinion really. The fact is that this piece of code behaves differently when a comment is changed and I find this unsettling to say the least. Why wouldn't the first thing a source filter do is remove lines beginning with #?

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Re^5: Syntax error with use constant and switch with comment between by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 07, 2009 at 01:34 UTC
Unnecessary is a matter of opinion really. At the time, I was operating under the premise that you could use Perl's switch statement (given/when). The fact is that this piece of code behaves differently when a comment is changed and I find this unsettling to say the least. I concur Why wouldn't the first thing a source filter do is remove lines beginning with #? Aside from the fact that it only remove a portion of comments, it would break `print <<'__EOI__'; ########### # Heading Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow. __EOI__` [download]	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^5: Syntax error with use constant and switch with comment between
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 07, 2009 at 01:34 UTC

Unnecessary is a matter of opinion really.

At the time, I was operating under the premise that you could use Perl's switch statement (given/when).

The fact is that this piece of code behaves differently when a comment is changed and I find this unsettling to say the least.

I concur

Why wouldn't the first thing a source filter do is remove lines beginning with #?

Aside from the fact that it only remove a portion of comments, it would break

print <<'__EOI__';
###########
# Heading

Meow meow meow meow meow
meow meow meow meow meow.
__EOI__
[download]

[reply]
[d/l]