On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 06:48:24PM -0700, chromatic wrote: > Here's a rough cut at documentation for the hitherto rumored prompt() > function. Suggestions welcome.
Something like so. --- MakeMaker.pm 18 Jul 2002 17:46:50 -0000 1.64 +++ MakeMaker.pm 21 Aug 2002 05:39:38 -0000 @@ -2224,9 +2224,34 @@ dependency in a CPAN::Bundle, but the functionality is supported by different means on the current architecture). +=head2 Other Handy Functions + +=over 4 + +=item prompt + + my $value = prompt($message); + my $value = prompt($message, $default); + +The C<prompt()> function provides an easy way to request user input +used to write a makefile. It displays the $message as a prompt for +input. If a $default is provided it will be used as a default. The +function returns the $value selected by the user. + +If C<prompt()> detects that it is not running in interactively (say, +if it is running from a CPAN shell), or if the PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT +environment variable is set to true, the $default will be used without +prompting. This prevents automated processes from blocking on user +input. + +If no $default is provided an empty string will be used instead. + +=back -- Michael G. Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ Perl Quality Assurance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kwalitee Is Job One Tasty, yet morally ambiguous.
