Re^2: -slw ?

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Re^3: -slw ? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 11, 2011 at 08:56 UTC
So it makes print act like say? Yes. I (perhaps not originally so) requested a say be backported to P5. I even implemented it and sent patches to p5p but they were rejected for various spurious reasons. I used -l as a substitute in the interim, but it took such a long time that -l had become a habit by the time say became available. When I moved to 5.10, I did try to break the habit of -l, but you have to add `use feature qw[ say ];` or `use 5.010;` to the top of every script,and that is harder than -l, so I pretty much gave up on say. On the rare occasions I want to print without a newline, I use printf instead. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: -slw ?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 11, 2011 at 08:56 UTC

So it makes print act like say?

Yes. I (perhaps not originally so) requested a say be backported to P5. I even implemented it and sent patches to p5p but they were rejected for various spurious reasons.

I used -l as a substitute in the interim, but it took such a long time that -l had become a habit by the time say became available.

When I moved to 5.10, I did try to break the habit of -l, but you have to add use feature qw[ say ]; or use 5.010; to the top of every script,and that is harder than -l, so I pretty much gave up on say. On the rare occasions I want to print without a newline, I use printf instead.

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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