Re: Pod::Simple output as POD

On 05/08/2018 07:05 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On May 8, 2018, at 18:48, John SJ Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> I suspect the plea for counsel was more intended for David, but I=E2=80=
=99ll pipe up from the peanut gallery and say, =E2=80=9Cwhy not both?=E2=80=
=9D It seems like the ideal thing to put under a feature flag.

Actually, I wasn't thinking specifically of him.
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> I=E2=80=99m sorry, I=E2=80=99ve lost all context on this thread after t=
wo years. What=E2=80=99s it for again? Flag sounds okay, but better is to=
 use =3Dencoding.

This is a new module started by John, to extract the pod portions from=20
say a .pm.  I think he said he thought he got about 80% of it done.  Now=20
I'm completing it.  It requires hooks in BlackBox and other .pm's to=20
enable it to really work.
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>> Of course, that just changes this decision into =E2=80=9Cwhich one sho=
uld be the default and which one should need to be enabled?=E2=80=9D, but=
 perhaps thinking about it in those terms will make it more clear which h=
as the higher utility value?
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> Yeah, whichever is going to be more valuable for your intended audience=
.

The intended audience is me initially.  So I've decided to write it for=20
my use, which wants the results in ASCII or UTF-8.

I think this is as much as I'm prepared to chew on for now, and if=20
someone else wishes to extend it in the future to have the option John=20
suggested, I agree it would be nice, and don't think it would be very har=
d.