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Re^5: Modern Perl 2011-2012 Edition

by Anonymous Monk
on Mar 09, 2012 at 00:46 UTC ( [id://958568]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^4: Modern Perl 2011-2012 Edition
in thread Modern Perl 2011-2012 Edition

The contents changed more than you might think. I revised something in at least 90% of the paragraphs of the book. Most of those changes were to improve organization and clarity.

Yeah, but the only new material appears to be two about two pages worth of 5.14 info

IO::File autoloading

package Pinball::Wizard v1969.3.7 { my $new_lexical_scope = 1; ... }

non-destructive modifier /r for tr///r s///r

Perl 5.14 supports Unicode 6.0.

automatic dereferencing  push $arrayref, qw( list of values );

use feature ':514';

If you've read the old version and perl5140delta you're up to date.

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Re^6: Modern Perl 2011-2012 Edition
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Mar 09, 2012 at 03:25 UTC
    If you've read the old version and perl5140delta you're up to date.

    True, but the people who do that aren't the target audience.

      True, but the people who do that aren't the target audience.

      LOL :) didn't I , who read the old version, ask whats new in the new version? I kinda wanted to know if I should read it all again instead of just grepping for 5.14 :)

        I kinda wanted to know if I should read it all again instead of just grepping for 5.14.

        I'm proud of it, but I'm always a little surprised and humbled when someone who obviously knows Perl well reads it and praises it.

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