On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 07:49:59PM -0500, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 06:25:43PM -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> > 3) =begin preamble/=end preamble/paragraph to test is compatible, but its
> > kind of annoying to write (or even explain) and will run into problems
> > with multi-paragraph examples. However, it is compatible and should
> > also generate the least false negatives.
> >
> > 4) =also for example is an interesting possibility. Its no worse to write
> > than =for example. It reads right. Its 100% backwards compatible.
> > And it should also generate the least false negatives.
>
> Well, depends on what you mean by backwards compatible. With option
> #3 I can take the existing pod-tools (e.g., perldoc) and the output is
> the same. With option #4 I'd get bunches of "Unrecognized pod
> directive" messages and possibly errant output.
Remember, these are code examples which need to be recognized by a POD
viewer as literal text. With a =begin/=end block or a =for tag around
it, the existing utilities will not display it.
And I hadn't thought of warnings. :( Oh well. Eggs. Omlets... a
little cheese, some bacon... mmmmm
--
Michael G Schwern http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just Another Stupid Consultant Perl6 Kwalitee Ashuranse
Plus I remember being impressed with Ada because you could write an
infinite loop without a faked up condition. The idea being that in Ada
the typical infinite loop would be normally be terminated by detonation.
-- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
