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authorRobin Barker <RMBarker@cpan.org>2000-12-22 12:17:38 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2000-12-22 15:29:40 +0000
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; was Re: Perlbug 20000322.006 status +update
Message-Id: <200012221217.MAA21332@tempest.npl.co.uk> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@8228
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diff --git a/lib/Text/ParseWords.pm b/lib/Text/ParseWords.pm
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--- a/lib/Text/ParseWords.pm
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@@ -214,21 +214,27 @@ demonstrating:
=over 4
=item 0
+
a simple word
=item 1
+
multiple spaces are skipped because of our $delim
=item 2
+
use of quotes to include a space in a word
=item 3
+
use of a backslash to include a space in a word
=item 4
+
use of a backslash to remove the special meaning of a double-quote
=item 5
+
another simple word (note the lack of effect of the
backslashed double-quote)