> If it has to look for __DATA__ then does it have to look for
> some especially thorny cases where something might look like
> '__DATA__' but doesn't really start the __DATA__ section of a
If there is such a case, it is not thorny, it is the programmer trying
to do something very sneaky and making his program look like it's
doing something that it's not. (That programmer does not deserve to
have his pod parsed correctly ;-)
> Perl file? (Does it always have to be at the very beginning
__DATA__ has to be at the beginning of the line, and it has to have no
whitespace after it... And I just noticed that __END__ has EXACTLY
the same semantics in perl.
--
- - Martin "Kingpin" Thurn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Research Software Engineer (703) 793-3700 x2651
The Information Refinery http://tir.tasc.com
Northrup Grumman IT TASC http://www.tasc.com
Conserve water: let someone else flush the toilet!
