Matt Kettler wrote:
> At 04:35 PM 1/11/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Couldn't this be auto-detected for? Something like
>>
>> if (-d $bayes_path)
>> { $bayes_path =~ s(/?$)(/bayes);
>> }
>
> Yes, but what if the user really wanted the original option, and the
> directory exists as an error?
>
> In some ways it's nice to auto-correct user errors, but you need to be sure
> you're doing the right thing. Sometimes trying to "Do what I mean not what
> I say" can bite you.
Sure DWIM is dangerous, but you must admit the option name is misleading.
Maybe a more guarded
if ( $bayes_path !~ m(/bayes$) and # possible error?
( $bayes_path =~ m(/$) or # trailing slash
-d $bayes_path and # directory exists
! -e "${bayes_path}_toks" # database doesn't exist
)
)
{ warn "Possible bayes_path error - did you mean $bayes_path/bayes?";
}
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