While examining this file for the purpose of writing tests, I noticed that it uses Perl's special variable $/ in 6 instances where a newline would suffice.
[parrot] 504 $ grep -n '$/' config/auto/attributes.pm 54: print $/ if $verbose; 67: $verbose and print "trying attribute '$attr'$/"; 83: $verbose and print " ", $command_line, $/; 88: $verbose and print " exit code: $exit_code$/"; 95: $verbose and print " output: $output$/"; 100: $verbose and print " ccflags: $ccflags$/"; Why? i.e., Why we do we need this here when "\n" suffices everywhere else in the Parrot distribution? kid51
