Re^8: odd line in windows

I have similar reservations about the Object Oriented Inline example in the cookbook

I can't help much with those questions - your line about "rote learnt knowledge with no true understanding" pretty much sums me up (except that I don't have much of the "rote learnt knowledge" :-)

I *do* hope the basic construct being demonstrated in that cookbook example is not doing anything too dastardly, as it's one that I've been using extensively, and for quite a long time (in, eg, all of my Math::* modules). I've found it to be very serviceable and reliable - which hopefully stands it in good stead.

Cheers,
Rob

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Re^9: odd line in windows by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 08, 2011 at 15:28 UTC
I can't help much with those questions But do the questions make sense to you? That is, do you see the same anomalies? 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]
Re^10: odd line in windows by syphilis (Archbishop) on Sep 09, 2011 at 00:21 UTC
But do the questions make sense to you? Certainly - and I've often wondered, in passing, precisely what is going on there. But I haven't ever gone to the extent of really trying to get to grips with it. (Gee, if I took the time to ponder everything I don't understand I'd lead a very troubled existence, indeed ;-) Anyway, I'm glad you asked about it ... and even gladder that ikegami came up with some answers. I'll look at modifying the "Discussion" of this code in the Cookbook, to explain some of what ikegami uncovered. There's actually a bug in that "Discussion", anyway. It still mentions using `strdup`, which was replaced long ago by `savepv`. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l] [select]