Re: [PATCH] File::Basename pod and .t (was: perlpacktut.pod v0.0 (split))

Message-ID: <3C0DEDA0.C58A8A9E@alcatel.at>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@13472

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lib/File/Basename.pm b/lib/File/Basename.pm
index e25598ce11..035c597991 100644
--- a/lib/File/Basename.pm
+++ b/lib/File/Basename.pm
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ dirname - extract just the directory from a path
     $basename = basename($fullname,@suffixlist);
     $dirname = dirname($fullname);
 
-    ($name,$path,$suffix) = fileparse("lib/File/Basename.pm","\.pm");
+    ($name,$path,$suffix) = fileparse("lib/File/Basename.pm",qr{\.pm});
     fileparse_set_fstype("VMS");
-    $basename = basename("lib/File/Basename.pm",".pm");
+    $basename = basename("lib/File/Basename.pm",qr{\.pm});
     $dirname = dirname("lib/File/Basename.pm");
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ B<path> contains everything up to and including the last directory
 separator in the input file specification.  The remainder of the input
 file specification is then divided into B<name> and B<suffix> based on
 the optional patterns you specify in C<@suffixlist>.  Each element of
-this list is interpreted as a regular expression, and is matched
+this list can be a qr-quoted pattern (or a string which is interpreted
+as a regular expression), and is matched
 against the end of B<name>.  If this succeeds, the matching portion of
 B<name> is removed and prepended to B<suffix>.  By proper use of
 C<@suffixlist>, you can remove file types or versions for examination.
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ file as the input file specification.
 Using Unix file syntax:
 
     ($base,$path,$type) = fileparse('/virgil/aeneid/draft.book7',
-				    '\.book\d+');
+				    qr{\.book\d+});
 
 would yield
 
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ would yield
 Similarly, using VMS syntax:
 
     ($name,$dir,$type) = fileparse('Doc_Root:[Help]Rhetoric.Rnh',
-				   '\..*');
+				   qr{\..*});
 
 would yield
 
diff --git a/lib/File/Basename.t b/lib/File/Basename.t
index 9bee1bfb8b..32d9bfba0c 100755
--- a/lib/File/Basename.t
+++ b/lib/File/Basename.t
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ print +(length(File::Basename::fileparse_set_fstype('unix')) ?
         '' : 'not '),"ok 2\n";
 
 # Unix syntax tests
-($base,$path,$type) = fileparse('/virgil/aeneid/draft.book7','\.book\d+');
+($base,$path,$type) = fileparse('/virgil/aeneid/draft.book7',qr'\.book\d+');
 if ($base eq 'draft' and $path eq '/virgil/aeneid/' and $type eq '.book7') {
   print "ok 3\n";
 }
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ print +(File::Basename::fileparse_set_fstype('VMS') eq 'unix' ?
         '' : 'not '),"ok 8\n";
 
 # VMS syntax tests
-($base,$path,$type) = fileparse('virgil:[aeneid]draft.book7','\.book\d+');
+($base,$path,$type) = fileparse('virgil:[aeneid]draft.book7',qr{\.book\d+});
 if ($base eq 'draft' and $path eq 'virgil:[aeneid]' and $type eq '.book7') {
   print "ok 9\n";
 }