[snip] >> * The user has to work out how to find the >> "Regexp Quote-Like Operators" section in perlop, and > >> 1. What do you think about this? > > I think it's not much work to look in perlop. > >> 2. If you agree that "perldoc -f qw" should return some >> actual content about the qw function, > > I think it's fine. It's not a function, it's an operator. >
Then this should go out of the "scope" of perldoc -f. Either it should remain in, so it would be better to give immediate help without hunting, or it should go out because it's an operator and not a function. The hybrid way seems confusing to me. Just my 2c, Flavio.