Re: Fwd: [rt.cpan.org #74389] Pod::Simple::Pullparser get_title should ignore X<...>
[email protected] (Karl Williamson)
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On 01/25/2012 01:12 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote: > > Begin forwarded message: > >> Subject: [rt.cpan.org #74389] Pod::Simple::Pullparser get_title should ignore X<...> >> Date: January 25, 2012 12:10:00 PM PST >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> >> With Pod::Simple 3.14. >> >> If a pod file has index entries after head: >> >> =head1 NAME >> X<Some entry> >> >> Pod::Simple::Pullparser get_title expands 'Some entry' in the title. It >> seems to me that it should not, and instead should replace it with an >> empty string. This behaviour is also hinted in the pod documentation. >> >> A look at the code in git makes me think that the same issue is still >> there (l. 363 and following all the text are used, X<> text is not >> discarded). >> >> This kind of construct is not rare, for instance it is present in the >> main perl pod documentation. > > Opinions? > > Thanks, > > David > > My opinion is that it should replace it with an empty string.