Change 14319 by jhi@alpha on 2002/01/17 22:43:12
Subject: [PATCH pod/perltodo.pod] One TODO is TODONE
From: chromatic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 13:04:22 -0700
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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.... //depot/perl/pod/perltodo.pod#48 edit
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==== //depot/perl/pod/perltodo.pod#48 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perltodo.pod
--- perl/pod/perltodo.pod.~1~ Thu Jan 17 16:00:06 2002
+++ perl/pod/perltodo.pod Thu Jan 17 16:00:06 2002
@@ -571,16 +571,6 @@
pass the process ID. It would be good to do this with the Perl debugger
on a running Perl program, although I'm not sure how it would be done.
-=head2 Alternative RE syntax module
-
- use Regex::Newbie;
- $re = Regex::Newbie->new
- ->start
- ->match("foo")
- ->repeat(Regex::Newbie->class("char"),3)
- ->end;
- /$re/;
-
=head2 GUI::Native
A non-core module that would use "native" GUI to create graphical
@@ -623,6 +613,23 @@
These are things which have been on the todo lists in previous releases
but have recently been completed.
+=head2 Alternative RE syntax module
+
+The C<Regexp::English> module, available from the CPAN, provides this:
+
+ my $re = Regexp::English
+ -> start_of_line
+ -> literal('Flippers')
+ -> literal(':')
+ -> optional
+ -> whitespace_char
+ -> end
+ -> remember
+ -> multiple
+ -> digit;
+
+ /$re/;
+
=head2 Safe signal handling
A new signal model went into 5.7.1 without much fanfare. Operations and
End of Patch.
