PERL PERL5 PORTERS 9 PERL 34155 PERLDOC F HEX SHOULD SAY HOW TO CONVERT BACK
Date: 16 Feb 2005 15:44:54 -0000

Subject: [perl #34155] perldoc -f hex should say how to convert back
From: perlbug-followup@no-spam (Dan Jacobson)

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perldoc -f hex should say how to convert back too.
perldoc -f oct does.
Be consistent, or at least add a hint.


Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 18:23:11 -0600

Subject: Re: [perl #34155] perldoc -f hex should say how to convert back












From: davidnicol@no-spam (David Nicol)
okay Dan, how does this grab you?

--- perlfunc.pod Tue Mar 8 12:23:37 2005
+++ perlfunc.pod.new Tue Mar 8 18:22:41 2005
@@no-spam -2273,7 +2273,8 @@no-spam
Hex strings may only represent integers. Strings that would cause integer overflow trigger a warning. Leading whitespace is not stripped,
-unlike oct().
+unlike L</oct>. To present something as hex, look into L</printf>, L</sprintf>,

+or L</unpack>.

=item import
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:45:12 -0800 (PST), via RT Dan Jacobson <perlbug-followup@no-spam> wrote:
> perldoc -f hex should say how to convert back too.
> perldoc -f oct does.
> Be consistent, or at least add a hint.