Re: RFC 79 (v2) Perl Compiler is Just Another Pod Proces

2000-08-11 Thread John Porter
Glenn Linderman wrote: > But you need to discuss the initial condition: I'd guess you need >. > =end all begin perl I like it! > This would restrict data from containing lines beginning with =, or at > least lines > beginning with =end, =begin, =handle, or =for. Could "escape" with \= >

Re: RFC 79 (v2) Perl Compiler is Just Another Pod Proces

2000-08-11 Thread Glenn Linderman
Nice. But you need to discuss the initial condition: I'd guess you need an implicit =begin perl before line 1 of each script file, so that scripts that don't pod still work. How about some extensions, which integrate another old perl5 feature? Instead of __END__, how about =begin data Now t