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Re: [PATCH RFC3.5 05/12] send-email: Improve redability and error-handling in send_message's sendmail code

From
Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 19, 2009, 02:43 UTC
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On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 21:17, Thomas Adam <thomas.adam22@gmail.com> wrote:
> More concerning is that it's a perl 5.10ism -- you cannot assume that
> perl 5.10 is installed on all platforms.  I really wouldn't use this
> construct.

See that's the thing: How am I supposed to know it's a perl 5.10ism? The Perl docs give absolutely no clue; Perl[5] is based way too much on practice rather than theory, because only people that have been using it since day 1 know what's going on. A couple of weeks ago, I went to the perldoc website and just read each website one after the other---that is my total knowledge of Perl, and already I've caught flack a number of times for having used 'new-fangled technologies'; I really wish the docs would specify when a feature became available.

... add that to the list of perldoc shortcomings.
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Message 28 of 50 in “Introduction to Decreasing send-email Entropy”
  1. 00/12 Introduction to Decreasing send-email EntropyMichael Witten, Apr 18, 2009
  2. 01/12 send-email: Cleanup the usage text and docs a bitMichael Witten, Apr 18, 2009
  3. 02/12 send-email: No longer repeatedly test if $smtp_server is a commandMichael Witten, Apr 18, 2009
  4. 03/12 send-email: Interpret --smtp-server "" as "use a default".Michael Witten, Apr 18, 2009
  5. 04/12 send-email: Verification for --smtp-server and --smpt-server-portMichael Witten, Apr 18, 2009
  6. 05/12 send-email: Improve redability and error-handling in send_message's sendmail codeMichael Witten, Apr 18, 2009
  7. 06/12 send-email: Cleanup and streamline the SMTP code in send_messageMichael Witten, Apr 18, 2009
  8. 07/12 send-email: Cleanup send_message 'log' codeMichael Witten, Apr 18, 2009
  9. 08/12 send-email: Move Subject sanitization from --compose code to send_messageMichael Witten, Apr 18, 2009
  10. 09/12 Docs: send-email: Reorganize the CONFIGURATION sectionMichael Witten, Apr 18, 2009
  11. 10/12 Docs: Embolden the CONFIGURATION referencesMichael Witten, Apr 18, 2009
  12. 11/12 Docs: send-email: Clarification of sendemail.<identity>Michael Witten, Apr 18, 2009
  13. 12/12 Docs: send-email: git send-email -> 'send-email'Michael Witten, Apr 18, 2009
  14. Jay SoffianApr 19, 2009
  15. Michael WittenApr 19, 2009
  16. Jay SoffianApr 19, 2009
  17. Michael WittenApr 19, 2009
  18. Michael WittenApr 19, 2009
  19. 08/12 send-email: Simplify --compose subject sanitationMichael Witten, Apr 19, 2009
  20. Jeff KingApr 21, 2009
  21. Michael WittenApr 21, 2009
  22. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2009
  23. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2009
  25. Jay SoffianApr 19, 2009
  26. Michael WittenApr 19, 2009
  27. Thomas AdamApr 19, 2009
  28. Michael WittenApr 19, 2009
  29. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2009
  30. 05/12 send-email: Improve readability and error-handling in send_message's sendmail codeMichael Witten, Apr 19, 2009
  31. Jay SoffianApr 19, 2009
  32. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2009
  33. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2009
  34. Jeff KingApr 21, 2009
  35. Jeff KingApr 21, 2009
  36. 04/12 send-email: Verification for --smtp-server and --smpt-server-portMichael Witten, Apr 19, 2009
  37. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  38. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2009
  39. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2009
  40. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  41. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  42. Wesley J. LandakerApr 18, 2009
  43. Michael WittenApr 19, 2009
  44. 03/12 send-email: Interpret --smtp-server "" as "use a default".Michael Witten, Apr 19, 2009
  45. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2009
  46. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  47. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2009
  48. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  49. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2009
  50. Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC3.5 02/12] send-email: No longer repeatedly test if $smtp_server is a commandMichael Witten, Apr 20, 2009

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