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authorPerl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com>1997-03-26 07:04:34 +1200
committerChip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>1997-03-26 07:04:34 +1200
commit54310121b442974721115f93666234a200f5c7e4 (patch)
tree99b5953030ddf062d77206ac0cf8ac967e7cbd93 /pod/perlform.pod
parentd03407ef6d8e534a414e9ce92c6c5c8dab664a40 (diff)
downloadperl-54310121b442974721115f93666234a200f5c7e4.tar.gz
[inseperable changes from patch from perl-5.003_95 to perl-5.003_86]
[editor's note: this commit was prepared manually so may differ in minor ways to other inseperable changes commits] CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES Title: "Support $ENV{PERL5OPT}" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: perl.c pod/perldiag.pod pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlrun.pod Title: "Implement void context, in which C<wantarray> is undef" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: cop.h doop.c dump.c global.sym gv.c op.c op.h perl.c pod/perlcall.pod pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlsub.pod pp.c pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c pp_sys.c proto.h Title: "Don't look up &AUTOLOAD in @ISA when calling plain function" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: global.sym gv.c lib/Text/ParseWords.pm pod/perldelta.pod pp_hot.c proto.h t/op/method.t Title: "Allow closures to be constant subroutines" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: op.c Title: "Make C<scalar(reverse)> mean C<scalar(reverse $_)>" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pp.c Title: "Fix lexical suicide from C<my $x = $x> in sub" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: op.c Title: "Make "Unrecog. char." fatal, and update its doc" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pod/perldiag.pod toke.c CORE PORTABILITY Title: "safefree() mismatch" From: Roderick Schertler Msg-ID: <21338.859653381@eeyore.ibcinc.com> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 11:36:21 -0500 Files: util.c (applied based on p5p patch as commit id 9b9b466fb02dc96c81439bafbb3b2da55238cfd2) Title: "Win32 update (seven patches)" From: Gurusamy Sarathy and Nick Ing-Simmons Files: EXTERN.h MANIFEST win32/Makefile win32/perl.mak win32/perl.rc win32/perldll.mak win32/makedef.pl win32/modules.mak win32/win32io.c win32/bin/pl2bat.bat OTHER CORE CHANGES Title: "Report PERL* environment variables in -V and perlbug" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: perl.c utils/perlbug.PL Title: "Typo in perl.c: Printing NO_EMBED for perl -V" From: Gisle Aas Msg-ID: <199703301922.VAA13509@furubotn.sn.no> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 21:22:11 +0200 Files: perl.c (applied based on p5p patch as commit id b6c639e4b1912ad03b9b10ba9518d96bd0a6cfaf) Title: "Don't let C<$var = $var> untaint $var" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pp_hot.c pp_sys.c sv.h t/op/taint.t Title: "Fix autoviv bug in C<my $x; ++$x->{KEY}>" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pp_hot.c Title: "Re: 5.004's new srand() default seed" From: Hallvard B Furuseth Msg-ID: <199703302219.AAA20998@bombur2.uio.no> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 00:19:13 +0200 (MET DST) Files: pp.c (applied based on p5p patch as commit id d7d933a26349f945f93b2f0dbf85b773d8ca3219) Title: "Re: embedded perl and top_env problem " From: Gurusamy Sarathy Msg-ID: <199703280031.TAA05711@aatma.engin.umich.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 19:31:42 -0500 Files: gv.c interp.sym perl.c perl.h pp_ctl.c pp_sys.c scope.h util.c (applied based on p5p patch as commit id f289f7d2518e7a8a82114282e774adf50fa6ce85) Title: "Define and use new macro: boolSV()" From: Tim Bunce Files: gv.c lib/ExtUtils/typemap os2/os2.c pp.c pp_hot.c pp_sys.c sv.c sv.h universal.c vms/vms.c Title: "Re: strict @F" From: Hallvard B Furuseth Msg-ID: <199703252110.WAA16038@bombur2.uio.no> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 22:10:33 +0100 (MET) Files: toke.c (applied based on p5p patch as commit id dfd44a5c8c8dd4c001c595debfe73d011a96d844) Title: "Try harder to identify errors at EOF" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: toke.c Title: "Minor string change in toke.c: 'bareword'" From: lvirden@cas.org Msg-ID: <1997Mar27.130247.1911552@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 13:02:46 -0500 (EST) Files: toke.c (applied based on p5p patch as commit id 9b56c8f8085a9e773ad87c6b3c1d0b5e39dbc348) Title: "Improve diagnostic on \r in program text" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pod/perldiag.pod toke.c Title: "Make Sock_size_t typedef work right" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: perl.h pp_sys.c LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS Title: "New module constant.pm" From: Tom Phoenix Files: MANIFEST lib/constant.pm op.c pp.c t/pragma/constant.t Title: "Remove chat2" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: MANIFEST lib/chat2.inter lib/chat2.pl Title: "Include CGI.pm 2.32" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: MANIFEST eg/cgi/* lib/CGI.pm lib/CGI/Apache.pm lib/CGI/Carp.pm lib/CGI/Fast.pm lib/CGI/Push.pm lib/CGI/Switch.pm UTILITIES Title: "Tom C's Pod::Html and html tools, as of 30 March 97" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: MANIFEST installhtml lib/Pod/Html.pm pod/pod2html.PL Title: "Fix path bugs in installhtml" From: Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk> Msg-ID: <3180.9703270906@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 97 09:06:14 GMT Files: installhtml Title: "Make perlbug say that it's only for core Perl bugs" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: utils/perlbug.PL DOCUMENTATION Title: "Document autouse and constant; update diagnostics" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pod/perldelta.pod Title: "Suggest to upgraders that they try '-w' again" From: Hallvard B Furuseth Msg-ID: <199703251901.UAA15982@bombur2.uio.no> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 20:01:26 +0100 (MET) Files: pod/perldelta.pod (applied based on p5p patch as commit id 4176c059b9ba6b022e99c44270434a5c3e415b73) Title: "Improve and update documentation of constant subs" From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com> Msg-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970331122546.14185C-100000@kelly.teleport.com> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 13:05:54 -0800 (PST) Files: pod/perlsub.pod Title: "Improve documentation of C<return>" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlsub.pod Title: "perlfunc.pod patch" From: Gisle Aas Msg-ID: <199703262159.WAA17531@furubotn.sn.no> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 22:59:23 +0100 Files: pod/perlfunc.pod (applied based on p5p patch as commit id 35a731fcbcd7860eb497d6598f3f77b8746319c4) Title: "Use 'while (defined($x = <>)) {}', per <gnat@frii.com>" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: configpm lib/Term/Cap.pm perlsh pod/perlipc.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlsub.pod pod/perlsyn.pod pod/perltrap.pod pod/perlvar.pod win32/bin/search.bat Title: "Document and test C<%> behavior with negative operands" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pod/perlop.pod t/op/arith.t Title: "Update docs on $]" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pod/perlvar.pod Title: "perlvar.pod patch" From: Gisle Aas Msg-ID: <199703261254.NAA10237@bergen.sn.no> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:54:00 +0100 Files: pod/perlvar.pod (applied based on p5p patch as commit id 0aa182cb0caa3829032904b9754807b1b7418509) Title: "Fix example of C<or> vs. C<||>" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pod/perlsyn.pod Title: "Pod usage and spelling patch" From: Larry W. Virden Files: pod/*.pod Title: "Pod updates" From: "Cary D. Renzema" <caryr@mxim.com> Msg-ID: <199703262353.PAA01819@macs.mxim.com> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 15:53:22 -0800 (PST) Files: pod/*.pod (applied based on p5p patch as commit id 5695b28edc67a3f45e8a0f25755d07afef3660ac)
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perlform.pod')
-rw-r--r--pod/perlform.pod66
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlform.pod b/pod/perlform.pod
index 4e55e02800..75351b6934 100644
--- a/pod/perlform.pod
+++ b/pod/perlform.pod
@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@ perlform - Perl formats
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Perl has a mechanism to help you generate simple reports and charts. To
-facilitate this, Perl helps you code up your output page
-close to how it will look when it's printed. It can keep
-track of things like how many lines on a page, what page you're on, when to
-print page headers, etc. Keywords are borrowed from FORTRAN:
-format() to declare and write() to execute; see their entries in
-L<perlfunc>. Fortunately, the layout is much more legible, more like
-BASIC's PRINT USING statement. Think of it as a poor man's nroff(1).
-
-Formats, like packages and subroutines, are declared rather than executed,
-so they may occur at any point in your program. (Usually it's best to
-keep them all together though.) They have their own namespace apart from
-all the other "types" in Perl. This means that if you have a function
-named "Foo", it is not the same thing as having a format named "Foo".
-However, the default name for the format associated with a given
+facilitate this, Perl helps you code up your output page close to how it
+will look when it's printed. It can keep track of things like how many
+lines are on a page, what page you're on, when to print page headers,
+etc. Keywords are borrowed from FORTRAN: format() to declare and write()
+to execute; see their entries in L<perlfunc>. Fortunately, the layout is
+much more legible, more like BASIC's PRINT USING statement. Think of it
+as a poor man's nroff(1).
+
+Formats, like packages and subroutines, are declared rather than
+executed, so they may occur at any point in your program. (Usually it's
+best to keep them all together though.) They have their own namespace
+apart from all the other "types" in Perl. This means that if you have a
+function named "Foo", it is not the same thing as having a format named
+"Foo". However, the default name for the format associated with a given
filehandle is the same as the name of the filehandle. Thus, the default
format for STDOUT is name "STDOUT", and the default format for filehandle
TEMP is name "TEMP". They just look the same. They aren't.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Output record formats are declared as follows:
.
If name is omitted, format "STDOUT" is defined. FORMLIST consists of
-a sequence of lines, each of which may be of one of three types:
+a sequence of lines, each of which may be one of three types:
=over 4
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ that substitute values into the line. Each field in a picture line starts
with either "@" (at) or "^" (caret). These lines do not undergo any kind
of variable interpolation. The at field (not to be confused with the array
marker @) is the normal kind of field; the other kind, caret fields, are used
-to do rudimentary multi-line text block filling. The length of the field
+to do rudimentary multiline text block filling. The length of the field
is supplied by padding out the field with multiple "E<lt>", "E<gt>", or "|"
characters to specify, respectively, left justification, right
justification, or centering. If the variable would exceed the width
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ As an alternate form of right justification, you may also use "#"
characters (with an optional ".") to specify a numeric field. This way
you can line up the decimal points. If any value supplied for these
fields contains a newline, only the text up to the newline is printed.
-Finally, the special field "@*" can be used for printing multi-line,
-non-truncated values; it should appear by itself on a line.
+Finally, the special field "@*" can be used for printing multiline,
+nontruncated values; it should appear by itself on a line.
The values are specified on the following line in the same order as
the picture fields. The expressions providing the values should be
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ first, the line will be repeated until all the fields on the line are
exhausted. (If you use a field of the at variety, the expression you
supply had better not give the same value every time forever!)
-Top-of-form processing is by default handled by a format with the
+Top-of-form processing is by default handled by a format with the
same name as the current filehandle with "_TOP" concatenated to it.
It's triggered at the top of each page. See L<perlfunc/write>.
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ the first) is stored in C<$^L> (C<$FORMAT_FORMFEED>). These variables are
set on a per-filehandle basis, so you'll need to select() into a different
one to affect them:
- select((select(OUTF),
+ select((select(OUTF),
$~ = "My_Other_Format",
$^ = "My_Top_Format"
)[0]);
@@ -205,25 +205,25 @@ Much better!
=head1 NOTES
-Because the values line may contain arbitrary expressions (for at fields,
+Because the values line may contain arbitrary expressions (for at fields,
not caret fields), you can farm out more sophisticated processing
to other functions, like sprintf() or one of your own. For example:
- format Ident =
+ format Ident =
@<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
&commify($n)
.
To get a real at or caret into the field, do this:
- format Ident =
+ format Ident =
I have an @ here.
"@"
.
To center a whole line of text, do something like this:
- format Ident =
+ format Ident =
@|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Some text line"
.
@@ -240,12 +240,12 @@ on the current number of columns, and then eval() it:
. '$entry' . "\n";
. ".\n";
print $format if $Debugging;
- eval $format;
+ eval $format;
die $@ if $@;
Which would generate a format looking something like this:
- format STDOUT =
+ format STDOUT =
^<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
$entry
^<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<~~
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ Which would generate a format looking something like this:
Here's a little program that's somewhat like fmt(1):
- format =
+ format =
^<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ~~
$_
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ Here's a little program that's somewhat like fmt(1):
while (<>) {
s/\s*\n\s*/ /g;
write;
- }
+ }
=head2 Footers
@@ -277,10 +277,10 @@ Here's one strategy: If you have a fixed-size footer, you can get footers
by checking $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT before each write() and print the footer
yourself if necessary.
-Here's another strategy; open a pipe to yourself, using C<open(MESELF, "|-")>
-(see L<perlfunc/open()>) and always write() to MESELF instead of
-STDOUT. Have your child process massage its STDIN to rearrange
-headers and footers however you like. Not very convenient, but doable.
+Here's another strategy: Open a pipe to yourself, using C<open(MYSELF, "|-")>
+(see L<perlfunc/open()>) and always write() to MYSELF instead of STDOUT.
+Have your child process massage its STDIN to rearrange headers and footers
+however you like. Not very convenient, but doable.
=head2 Accessing Formatting Internals
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ is to printf(), do this:
$^A = "";
formline($format,@_);
return $^A;
- }
+ }
$string = swrite(<<'END', 1, 2, 3);
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