>>>>> "Ian" == Ian <pcs...@gmail.com> writes:
>>> Ian wrote : >>> This is how I would do it. I don't think that's strong enough to clearly state "I have not tested this, but I hope this works". I would read that as "of all the possible ways that you can do this, I've done it this way, and found this to be the best." (And I haven't read the rest of the thread, but I'm guessing that it actually didn't work.) I hope you can see the difference in meanings. If you can't, step back a bit, and err on the side of always saying "I think this might work...". :) What people want to know if you post an answer is if they're using a proven solution or not. If you imply that you have a proven solution, you are lying to them. I ask that you don't lie in that way. But nobody would fault you for saying "this is not a proven solution... I'm guessing that the following might work". That's really *ALL* we ask. Be truthful here. You can be at any expertise, and provide an answer (right or wrong), but don't *lie* about your level of confirmation for the result. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <mer...@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
