2009/9/23 John Peacock <john.peac...@havurah-software.org>: > Andreas J. Koenig wrote: >> % perl -le 'print 100_200_300' >> 100200300 >> >> I'm sure we had this before but IMO a single underscore rule violates >> the principle of least surprise. > > But that's not what the module had: > > perl -le "print '100_200_300'" > 100_200_300 > > Once I determined to use an underscore to denote an alpha version (and that > boat > has long since sailed), then I had to validate the format (no periods after > the > underscore and only one underscore allowed).
Where does the "only one underscore allowed" bit come from tho? yves -- perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"