I'm working on a Perl book (yes, another one, I know).
It is a mid level intro Perl book meant to document Perl in its modern
state intentionally neglecting older idioms. It covers many CPAN
modules. Switch is one of them. I'd like to quote part of the perlfaq
to give the reader some context. I have my eye on the passage:
Briefly, there's no official case statement,
because of the variety of tests possible in Perl
(numeric comparison, string comparison, glob com-
parison, regex matching, overloaded comparisons,
...). Larry couldn't decide how best to do this,
so he left it out, even though it's been on the
wish list since perl1.
- "How do I create a switch or case statement?", perlfaq
I think the thing about switch being on the wishlist since perl1
is interesting, the number of possible tests cuts to the heart
of the matter, and quotes always sound more intresting than
paraphrased gunk.
Question: Who should I contact for permission?
Thank you kindly for your consideration,
-scott
