[Boston.pm] prev. calendar clarification

2006-11-15 Thread Jerrad Pierce
I had said that I reviewd Math::BigInt as a little used module, whereas the review was actually of the bignum pragma http://web/belg4mit/www/8/ -- Free map of local environmental resources: http://CambridgeMA.GreenMap.org -- MOTD on Prickle-Prickle, the 27th of The Aftermath, in the YOLD 3172: I'm

Re: [Boston.pm] '/' =~ m"\/\b"; (bug?)

2006-11-15 Thread Uri Guttman
> "CE" == Carl Eklof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: CE> My assumption was that the \b pattern in a regex would CE> always match the beginning and end of a string (as CE> documented in the perlre page). However on my build of CE> 5.8.7 this is not the case if the character being CE> matc

Re: [Boston.pm] '/' =~ m"\/\b"; (bug?)

2006-11-15 Thread Carl Eklof
Thanks to both Ben, and Ronald for correcting me. I had misunderstood the documentation. I do expect that others may also think that using $string =~ /\b$sub_str\b/ is a reasonable way to match a substring on word-boundaries, or beginning/end of the string, but hopefully they will realize the nuan

Re: [Boston.pm] '/' =~ m"\/\b"; (bug?)

2006-11-15 Thread Ben Tilly
On 11/15/06, Carl Eklof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Guys n Gals, > > I have found some seemingly strange behavior that may > be of interest to this list. > > My assumption was that the \b pattern in a regex would > always match the beginning and end of a string (as > documented in the perlre pa

Re: [Boston.pm] '/' =~ m"\/\b"; (bug?)

2006-11-15 Thread Ronald J Kimball
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 02:05:47PM -0800, Carl Eklof wrote: > Hi Guys n Gals, > > I have found some seemingly strange behavior that may > be of interest to this list. > > My assumption was that the \b pattern in a regex would > always match the beginning and end of a string (as > documented in th

Re: [Boston.pm] advent.perl.org

2006-11-15 Thread Uri Guttman
> "ABH" == Ask Bjørn Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ABH> On Nov 14, 2006, at 11:46 PM, Uri Guttman wrote: ABH> If you get Matt Fowlers blessing then we can setup DNS and hosting at ABH> the perl.org servers.We'd wastly prefer if we can do it as static ABH> files[1] that you up

[Boston.pm] '/' =~ m"\/\b"; (bug?)

2006-11-15 Thread Carl Eklof
Hi Guys n Gals, I have found some seemingly strange behavior that may be of interest to this list. My assumption was that the \b pattern in a regex would always match the beginning and end of a string (as documented in the perlre page). However on my build of 5.8.7 this is not the case if the cha

Re: [Boston.pm] advent.perl.org

2006-11-15 Thread Uri Guttman
> "BO" == Bill Odom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BO> On 11/15/06, Kirsten Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm working on it, and will hopefully have a reasonable plan to share >> pretty soon. Uri, I hope you don't mind if I use you as my guinea pig >> for setup on the calendars, si

Re: [Boston.pm] Advent calendar 2006

2006-11-15 Thread Jerrad Pierce
Great! Again though, please keep module names off the boston-pm list (send them to me for now) It's widely read and we don't want to ruin the surprise. Don't worry about having something to write about if you want to write, that's why we're asking for suggestions to pass along if you get stumped. -

Re: [Boston.pm] Advent calendar 2006

2006-11-15 Thread Guillermo Roditi
I'd be willing to write. I am not sure what I'll write about, but I have 4 suspects in mind App::Cmd, Module::Install, DBIx::Class, and /Rose::HTML::Form(::\w+)*/ Other suggestions include Catalyst, Scalar::Defer (which i love) and Lexical::Persistence. Oh and the Test::* namespace needs some love

Re: [Boston.pm] Advent calendar 2006

2006-11-15 Thread Bill Ricker
Count me in. > ++ domain name: Uri? > advent.perl.org > +/+++ hosting: > a (semi?)permanent home for past, present and future > calendars? > perl.org? local (Duane)? We should put up mirrors of the old and last year's somewhere; this might b

Re: [Boston.pm] Advent calendar 2006

2006-11-15 Thread Dan Boger
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 03:49:05AM -0500, Jerrad Pierce wrote: > Until we get something else set up, please reply regarding > participation to the list. > > "Action items" (pluses are an estimation of effort required): > ++domain name: Uri? > advent.perl.org I actually wrote to

Re: [Boston.pm] Advent calendar 2006

2006-11-15 Thread Jerrad Pierce
Oooh! (especially) If we do the christmas tree, what about a Santa Cthulu ornament/tree-topper? Or Dominus' octopus with santa hat? -- Free map of local environmental resources: http://CambridgeMA.GreenMap.org -- MOTD on Pungenday, the 26th of The Aftermath, in the YOLD 3172: Routine weighs heavil

[Boston.pm] Advent calendar 2006

2006-11-15 Thread Jerrad Pierce
We're looking for people to help continue the tradition of the Perl Advent Calendar. Since 2000, the calendar has been produced as a fun way of (re-)introducing the wonders of CPAN to the community through ~four weeks of daily module reviews. For an example see last year's calendar currently availa