perlpacktut: Remove some jargon #23251
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jkeenan
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| this is likely to remind you of a dump program, or some desperate last | ||
| message unfortunate programs are wont to throw at you before they expire | ||
| into the wild blue yonder. Assuming that the variable C<$mem> holds a | ||
| this is likely to remind you of a dump program, or some terse panic |
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While I think your phrasing is an improvement, I have to wonder why unpack is likely to remind me of a dump program or a panic message.
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This could be improved by swapping the order of the sentence, like "Since this is likely to remind you..., let's use unpack."
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I delved further into this, and think the result of the latest push is much better. |
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| print unpack( 'A*', $mem), "\n" | ||
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| A MAN A PLAN A CANAL PANAMA |
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This is no different to:
print $mem, "\n";
I don't see how it adds anything
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I think this pod needs more extensive changes, so closing this PR
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Fixes #22697
That a native English speaker could be confused by this is prima facie evidence that the wording should be improved. It's al right to be clever, but not at the expense of clarity.