Tom Phoenix wrote:
> On 6/23/07, Mathew Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> foreach my $address (readline AUTHFILE){
>>     chomp($address);
>>     next if $address =~ m/^#/gmx;
> 
> The author of that code probably doesn't know what /g, /m, and /x do
> for a pattern match. When you know how to use them, they're powerful
> tools. In this case, they break your code, and I'd get rid of all
> three.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> --Tom Phoenix
> Stonehenge Perl Training
> 

I do think he based his use of it on PBP.  I can't see any other reason
for him to use them.

Mathew
Keep up with my goings on at http://theillien.blogspot.com


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