On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 05:56:38PM +0100, Johan Vromans wrote: > Hmm. Slightly simplified, perl ignores everything between (and > including) a line that starts with '=', and a line that reads '=cut'. > POD is one application that makes use of this to allow embedded > documentation in perl programs.
This imho is an oversimplification. POD is formally defined in the perlpodspec document, and implemented by a myriad of parsers. > One can argue whether the actual format of POD is part of the perl > language. It may have started this way, but not anymore -- extensions of POD has been put to use on writing books, slides, etc, which has nothing to do with the perl interpreter. > Mark's document system uses the same technique to embed > documentation-oriented information in perl programs. I see no reason > why this should be called POD::OO or something alike, unless it is a > clear extension of POD. Which is, if I understand Mark correctly, not > the case. Is there anything in POD explicitly forbidden or incompatible with OODoc? If such conflicts necessarily exist, I'd be happy to rescind my disagreement. Thanks, /Autrijus/
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