On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 10:43:35AM -0800, Jon Lang wrote:
: On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Larry Wall <la...@wall.org> wrote:
: > On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 07:47:01AM -0800, Dave Whipp wrote:
: >> Jon Lang wrote:
: >>>>  Pattern to split on (used with -a).  Substitutes an expression for the 
default
: >>>>  split function, which is C<{split ' '}>.  Accepts unicode strings (as 
long as
: >>>
: >>> Should the default pattern be ' ', or should it be something more like 
/\s+/?
: >>
: >> /<ws>/ ?
: >
: > You guys are all doing P5Think.  The default should be autocomb, not 
autosplit,
: > and the default comb is already correct...
: 
: In that case, the -a option needs to be renamed to autocomb, rather
: than autosplit as it is now.

Well, it needs to be both, really.  See various discussions of
figure/ground in the psychology literature...

Pity that -F specifies the ground.  Hey, I know, let's make -G the
figure, that makes about as much sense as -x vs +x, or electrons
vs positrons...  :)

Larry

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