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May 17, 2008, 3:05 AM
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Re: [perl #39187] [DOC-PATCH]: perldoc -f reverse: examples (was: RE: Perlfunc needs to be made more clear regarding reverse in scalar context.)
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2008/5/16 Bram via RT <perlbug-followup[at]perl.org>:
> On Tue May 23 02:34:11 2006, theodore[at]websitters.com wrote:
>> Perlfunc gives these as examples of reverse:
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>> print reverse <>; # line tac, last line
>> first
>> undef $/; # for efficiency of <>
>> print scalar reverse <>; # character tac, last line
>> tsrif
>>
>> This is very clear for using reverse in list context,
>> but not so clear for reversing the characters in the
>> list, and very unclear regarding reversing a string.
>> I've read this many times, but didn't realize that you
>> could reverse a string until someone told me today. Is
>> there any way you can add a line to make this more
>> clear? Perhaps something like:
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>> print scalar reverse $_;
>>
>> Thank you for your attention to this matter.
>> -Ted
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> Patch that changes the examples in perlfunc/reverse attached.
Thanks. Applied as 33840.
http://public.activestate.com/cgi-bin/perlbrowse/p/33840
Cheers,
yves
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