Pod::Simple fullstop_space_harden Attribute

[email protected] ("David E. Wheeler")
Newsgroups perl.pod-people
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Hey All,

Anyone know if the undocumented `fullstop_space_harden` attribute of Pod::Simple is used? I see it in [Pod::Text](http://kobesearch.cpan.org/htdocs/podlators/Pod/Text.pm.html), but since there is no non-breaking space in ASCII, it seems inappropriate in a lot of situations. It also looks like Pod::Text prefers the `preserve_whitespace` attribute, which has been in Pod::Simple since 3.03 (Nov 11, 2005). The current implementation of `fullstop_space_harden` also causes problems with Perl 5.11, I'm told.

So I'm wondering what to do with this attribute. Can we kill it off? Can Pod::Text be modified to require Pod::Simple 3.03 and not use `fullstop_space_harden` anymore?

If for some reason the answer is "no," then how can `fullstop_space_harden` be fixed to work properly with all character sets?

Thanks,

David
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