On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 10:43:35AM -0800, Jon Lang wrote:
: On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Larry Wall <la...@wall.org> wrote:
: > On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 07:47:01AM -0800, Dave Whipp wrote:
: >> Jon Lang wrote:
: >>>> Pattern to split on (used with -a). Substitutes an expression for the
default
: >>>> split function, which is C<{split ' '}>. Accepts unicode strings (as
long as
: >>>
: >>> Should the default pattern be ' ', or should it be something more like
/\s+/?
: >>
: >> /<ws>/ ?
: >
: > You guys are all doing P5Think. The default should be autocomb, not
autosplit,
: > and the default comb is already correct...
:
: In that case, the -a option needs to be renamed to autocomb, rather
: than autosplit as it is now.
Well, it needs to be both, really. See various discussions of
figure/ground in the psychology literature...
Pity that -F specifies the ground. Hey, I know, let's make -G the
figure, that makes about as much sense as -x vs +x, or electrons
vs positrons... :)
Larry
