Re: [svn:parrot] r20817 - branches/reconfigure/lib/Parrot/Configure

2007-08-25 Thread James E Keenan
chromatic wrote: On Saturday 25 August 2007 18:45:11 James E Keenan wrote: Will Coleda wrote: That's not how split(' ') works. Please re-read the perldoc quote above. Can split(' ') handle multiple wordspaces? tab characters? combinations thereof? (Just looking at it, I wouldn't expect

Re: [svn:parrot] r20817 - branches/reconfigure/lib/Parrot/Configure

2007-08-25 Thread chromatic
On Saturday 25 August 2007 18:45:11 James E Keenan wrote: > Will Coleda wrote: > > That's not how split(' ') works. Please re-read the perldoc quote above. > Can split(' ') handle multiple wordspaces? tab characters? > combinations thereof? (Just looking at it, I wouldn't expect it to. > I'd o

Re: [svn:parrot] r20817 - branches/reconfigure/lib/Parrot/Configure

2007-08-25 Thread James E Keenan
Will Coleda wrote: Fair enough, but: And there's an upside: It's more forgiving than requiring that the developer type precisely one wordspace characters between arguments. That's not how split(' ') works. Please re-read the perldoc quote above. Can split(' ') handle multiple wordsp

Re: [svn:parrot] r20817 - branches/reconfigure/lib/Parrot/Configure

2007-08-25 Thread Will Coleda
On Aug 24, 2007, at 9:35 PM, James E Keenan wrote: Will Coleda wrote: On Aug 23, 2007, at 10:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone actually reads my commit statements in a branch other than trunk! Saints be praised! First argument to split should be a regex, not a string. Made this

Re: [svn:parrot] r20817 - branches/reconfigure/lib/Parrot/Configure

2007-08-24 Thread James E Keenan
Will Coleda wrote: On Aug 23, 2007, at 10:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone actually reads my commit statements in a branch other than trunk! Saints be praised! First argument to split should be a regex, not a string. Made this correction in three locations, which makes it more co

Re: [svn:parrot] r20817 - branches/reconfigure/lib/Parrot/Configure

2007-08-24 Thread Will Coleda
On Aug 23, 2007, at 10:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Author: jkeenan Date: Thu Aug 23 19:31:07 2007 New Revision: 20817 Modified: branches/reconfigure/lib/Parrot/Configure/Step.pm Log: First argument to split should be a regex, not a string. Made this correction in three locations, wh