Re: PATCH porting.pod "First Mystery"

2003-10-24 Thread Stas Bekman
Brian McCauley wrote: Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... I'd keep the "for which" even if some people consider such strict English grammar to be affected. I guess it reads better if using commas: The easiest and the fastest way to solve the nested subro

Re: PATCH porting.pod "First Mystery"

2003-10-24 Thread Jacob Fugal
Geoffrey Young wrote: I know, as a newbie to the list, welcome. Thanks. in general, this list is very welcoming to newbies. so, please don't take what I'm about to say as being directed toward you... ['elements of style' excerpts snipped] you know, if y'all spent less time squibbling over

Re: PATCH porting.pod "First Mystery"

2003-10-24 Thread Geoffrey Young
I know, as a newbie to the list, welcome. in general, this list is very welcoming to newbies. so, please don't take what I'm about to say as being directed toward you... ['elements of style' excerpts snipped] you know, if y'all spent less time squibbling over minor grammatical points, and i

Re: PATCH porting.pod "First Mystery"

2003-10-24 Thread Jacob Fugal
(sorry Brian, this was supposed to go to the list... is there any plan to fix the reply-to header on this list?) Brian McCauley wrote: Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... I'd keep the "for which" even if some people consider such strict English grammar to

Re: PATCH porting.pod "First Mystery"

2003-10-24 Thread Brian McCauley
Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >... I'd keep the "for which" > > even if some people consider such strict English grammar to be > > affected. > > I guess it reads better if using commas: > > The easiest and the fastest way to solve the nested subrou

Re: PATCH porting.pod "First Mystery"

2003-10-20 Thread Stas Bekman
Following our discussion of what kind 'our'-declared vars are, it's interesting that today on p5p there is this thread where all kind of /(package|file) scope (lexical)? variable/ are discussed. http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2003-10/msg00912.html ___

Re: PATCH porting.pod "First Mystery"

2003-10-15 Thread Stas Bekman
Brian McCauley wrote: Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] [...] this is your document so I shall go along with your preferences. It's not really mine, I just happen to maintain it. From the previous discussion it seems that those who cared agreed that it's better to explicitly declare var

Re: PATCH porting.pod "First Mystery"

2003-10-15 Thread Brian McCauley
Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brian McCauley wrote: > > Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>- move the perl4 lib solution to the perl_reference.pod > > Will do when I get round to that bit. I still think a mention of it > > is needed in porting.pod to warn people away from

Re: PATCH porting.pod "First Mystery"

2003-10-14 Thread Stas Bekman
Brian McCauley wrote: Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: - move the perl4 lib solution to the perl_reference.pod Will do when I get round to that bit. I still think a mention of it is needed in porting.pod to warn people away from it. If you disagree simply delete the offending paragraph

Re: PATCH porting.pod "First Mystery"

2003-10-10 Thread Brian McCauley
Stas Bekman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > - move the perl4 lib solution to the perl_reference.pod Will do when I get round to that bit. I still think a mention of it is needed in porting.pod to warn people away from it. If you disagree simply delete the offending paragraph. > - suggest turning