Re: perlfaq4: expanding variables in strings

On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 05:45:45AM -0800, Robert Spier ([email protected]) said something similar to:
> > Can't we just commit and move on?
> 
> I don't feel comfortable committing something for which I have some
> reservations, but if someone else (from the other 15 people on the
> list) chimes in positively, I will.

I'd like to see less "defending" and more "editing". Not only by
making the new wording/examples cleaner, but by not submitting doc
patches with typos (ispell is your friend).

I'm also, specifically, not convinced this change is the best:

-    $text =~ s/\$(\w+)/${$1}/g;  # no /e needed
+    $text = '@{[ system "rm -rf /" ]}'

Especially, since that is a poor use of system(), and -T should catch it. So, as
Robert said, "People still learn perl poorly, and still write things
"the old bad way" that needs to be fixed."

Anyways, I wouldn't mind seeing the patch reworked, even if in smaller
bits at a time to get it "just right".

My 2.33423 YEN.

Cheers,
Kevin


> 
> > BTW: Where can I find an archive of [email protected]?
> 
> The general answer is google.
> 
> The specific answer is http://nntp.perl.org/
> 
> -R

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