Hi,
On Monday, 7. January 2013, Zachary Hanson-Hart wrote:
> The doc is ambiguous about the argument to the entry( INDEX ) method of a
> Net::LDAP::Search object. Is the INDEX 0-based or 1-based?
>
> Below, I'm referring to the CPAN documentation for Net::LDAP::Search 0.14
> and Net::LDAP::Entry 0.25.
>
> On the Net::LDAP::Search doc it says that entry( N ) will return the Nth
> entry, or undef if N "is greater than the total number of entries". This
> implies that it is 1-based.
>
> On the Net::LDAP::Entry doc, the synopsis uses an example with the entry()
> method on the search result:
>
> my $max = $mesg->count;
> for ( $i = 0 ; $i < $max ; $i++ ) {
> my $entry = $mesg->entry ( $i );
> }
>
> This is explicitly 0-based.
>
> Can you clarify in the doc (and to the mailing list) which is the correct
> interpretation?
A short script gives the answer: it is zero-based.
A fix of the Net::LDAP::Search man page will be in the next release.
Best
Peter
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Peter Marschall
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