Change 18513 by jhi@lyta on 2003/01/18 18:07:01
Slight pod reformatting based on [perl #20284].
Affected files ...
... //depot/perl/README.mint#7 edit
... //depot/perl/ext/Data/Dumper/Dumper.pm#27 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/README.mint#7 (text) ====
Index: perl/README.mint
--- perl/README.mint#6~17824~ Tue Sep 3 13:02:36 2002
+++ perl/README.mint Sat Jan 18 10:07:01 2003
@@ -123,16 +123,16 @@
This version (5.00402) of perl has passed most of the tests on my system:
-Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-io/pipe.t 10 2 20.00% 7, 9
-io/tell.t 13 1 7.69% 12
-lib/complex.t 762 13 1.71% 84-85, 248-251, 257, 272-273,
- 371, 380, 419-420
-lib/io_pipe.t 10 1 10.00% 9
-lib/io_tell.t 13 1 7.69% 12
-op/magic.t 30 2 6.67% 29-30
-Failed 6/152 test scripts, 96.05% okay. 20/4359 subtests failed, 99.54% okay.
+ Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ io/pipe.t 10 2 20.00% 7, 9
+ io/tell.t 13 1 7.69% 12
+ lib/complex.t 762 13 1.71% 84-85, 248-251, 257, 272-273,
+ 371, 380, 419-420
+ lib/io_pipe.t 10 1 10.00% 9
+ lib/io_tell.t 13 1 7.69% 12
+ op/magic.t 30 2 6.67% 29-30
+ Failed 6/152 test scripts, 96.05% okay. 20/4359 subtests failed, 99.54% okay.
Pipes always cause problems with MiNT, it's actually a surprise that
most of the tests did work. I've got no idea why the "tell" test failed,
==== //depot/perl/ext/Data/Dumper/Dumper.pm#27 (text) ====
Index: perl/ext/Data/Dumper/Dumper.pm
--- perl/ext/Data/Dumper/Dumper.pm#26~15133~ Sat Mar 9 10:19:38 2002
+++ perl/ext/Data/Dumper/Dumper.pm Sat Jan 18 10:07:01 2003
@@ -803,7 +803,9 @@
=over 4
-=item $Data::Dumper::Indent I<or> I<$OBJ>->Indent(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item *
+
+$Data::Dumper::Indent I<or> I<$OBJ>->Indent(I<[NEWVAL]>)
Controls the style of indentation. It can be set to 0, 1, 2 or 3. Style 0
spews output without any newlines, indentation, or spaces between list
@@ -816,24 +818,32 @@
with their index (but the comment is on its own line, so array output
consumes twice the number of lines). Style 2 is the default.
-=item $Data::Dumper::Purity I<or> I<$OBJ>->Purity(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item *
+
+$Data::Dumper::Purity I<or> I<$OBJ>->Purity(I<[NEWVAL]>)
Controls the degree to which the output can be C<eval>ed to recreate the
supplied reference structures. Setting it to 1 will output additional perl
statements that will correctly recreate nested references. The default is
0.
-=item $Data::Dumper::Pad I<or> I<$OBJ>->Pad(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item *
+
+$Data::Dumper::Pad I<or> I<$OBJ>->Pad(I<[NEWVAL]>)
Specifies the string that will be prefixed to every line of the output.
Empty string by default.
-=item $Data::Dumper::Varname I<or> I<$OBJ>->Varname(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item *
+
+$Data::Dumper::Varname I<or> I<$OBJ>->Varname(I<[NEWVAL]>)
Contains the prefix to use for tagging variable names in the output. The
default is "VAR".
-=item $Data::Dumper::Useqq I<or> I<$OBJ>->Useqq(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item *
+
+$Data::Dumper::Useqq I<or> I<$OBJ>->Useqq(I<[NEWVAL]>)
When set, enables the use of double quotes for representing string values.
Whitespace other than space will be represented as C<[\n\t\r]>, "unsafe"
@@ -842,14 +852,18 @@
penalty, the default is 0. C<Dump()> will run slower if this flag is set,
since the fast XSUB implementation doesn't support it yet.
-=item $Data::Dumper::Terse I<or> I<$OBJ>->Terse(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item *
+
+$Data::Dumper::Terse I<or> I<$OBJ>->Terse(I<[NEWVAL]>)
When set, Data::Dumper will emit single, non-self-referential values as
atoms/terms rather than statements. This means that the C<$VAR>I<n> names
will be avoided where possible, but be advised that such output may not
always be parseable by C<eval>.
-=item $Data::Dumper::Freezer I<or> $I<OBJ>->Freezer(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item *
+
+$Data::Dumper::Freezer I<or> $I<OBJ>->Freezer(I<[NEWVAL]>)
Can be set to a method name, or to an empty string to disable the feature.
Data::Dumper will invoke that method via the object before attempting to
@@ -860,7 +874,9 @@
only perl data types after the method has been called. Defaults to an empty
string.
-=item $Data::Dumper::Toaster I<or> $I<OBJ>->Toaster(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item *
+
+$Data::Dumper::Toaster I<or> $I<OBJ>->Toaster(I<[NEWVAL]>)
Can be set to a method name, or to an empty string to disable the feature.
Data::Dumper will emit a method call for any objects that are to be dumped
@@ -871,26 +887,34 @@
sure the method can be called via the object, and that it returns a valid
object. Defaults to an empty string.
-=item $Data::Dumper::Deepcopy I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deepcopy(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item *
+
+$Data::Dumper::Deepcopy I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deepcopy(I<[NEWVAL]>)
Can be set to a boolean value to enable deep copies of structures.
Cross-referencing will then only be done when absolutely essential
(i.e., to break reference cycles). Default is 0.
-=item $Data::Dumper::Quotekeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Quotekeys(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item *
+
+$Data::Dumper::Quotekeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Quotekeys(I<[NEWVAL]>)
Can be set to a boolean value to control whether hash keys are quoted.
A false value will avoid quoting hash keys when it looks like a simple
string. Default is 1, which will always enclose hash keys in quotes.
-=item $Data::Dumper::Bless I<or> $I<OBJ>->Bless(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item *
+
+$Data::Dumper::Bless I<or> $I<OBJ>->Bless(I<[NEWVAL]>)
Can be set to a string that specifies an alternative to the C<bless>
builtin operator used to create objects. A function with the specified
name should exist, and should accept the same arguments as the builtin.
Default is C<bless>.
-=item $Data::Dumper::Maxdepth I<or> $I<OBJ>->Maxdepth(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item *
+
+$Data::Dumper::Maxdepth I<or> $I<OBJ>->Maxdepth(I<[NEWVAL]>)
Can be set to a positive integer that specifies the depth beyond which
which we don't venture into a structure. Has no effect when
@@ -898,7 +922,9 @@
want to see more than enough). Default is 0, which means there is
no maximum depth.
-=item $Data::Dumper::Useperl I<or> $I<OBJ>->Useperl(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item *
+
+$Data::Dumper::Useperl I<or> $I<OBJ>->Useperl(I<[NEWVAL]>)
Can be set to a boolean value which controls whether the pure Perl
implementation of C<Data::Dumper> is used. The C<Data::Dumper> module is
@@ -908,7 +934,9 @@
default behavior, usually for testing purposes only. Default is 0, which
means the XS implementation will be used if possible.
-=item $Data::Dumper::Sortkeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Sortkeys(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item *
+
+$Data::Dumper::Sortkeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Sortkeys(I<[NEWVAL]>)
Can be set to a boolean value to control whether hash keys are dumped in
sorted order. A true value will cause the keys of all hashes to be
@@ -923,7 +951,9 @@
certain keys from being dumped. Default is 0, which means that hash keys
are not sorted.
-=item $Data::Dumper::Deparse I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deparse(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item *
+
+$Data::Dumper::Deparse I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deparse(I<[NEWVAL]>)
Can be set to a boolean value to control whether code references are
turned into perl source code. If set to a true value, C<B::Deparse>
End of Patch.
