Hi, Here's a rough cut at documentation for the hitherto rumored prompt() function. Suggestions welcome.
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diff -ur ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.03~/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.03/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm --- ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.03~/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm Wed Jun 19 14:07:36 2002 +++ ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.03/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm Sun Aug 18 18:44:32 2002 @@ -2310,6 +2310,27 @@ =back +=head1 Other Handy Functions + +=over 4 + +=item * prompt( $message, $default ) + +The C<prompt()> function provides an easy way to request user input used to +write a makefile. It displays the first argument as a prompt for input. If +the second argument is provided, its value will be used as a default. The +function returns the selected value. + +If prompt() detects that it is not running in interactive mode (say, if it is +running from CPAN or CPANPLUS), or if PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT is set to +true, the default value will be used without prompting. This prevents +automated processes from blocking on user input. + +If no default is provided as an argument, the default default value is a single +space character. + +=back + =head1 SEE ALSO ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::Manifest ExtUtils::Install,
