>The confusion comes from the poor wording of the perldoc.
>
> "As a special case, specifying a PATTERN of space (' ') will
> split on white space just as "split" with no arguments does.
> Thus, "split(' ')" can be used to emulate awk's default
> behavior, whereas "split(/ /)" will give you as many null
> initial fields as there are leading spaces. A "split" on "/\s+/"
> is like a "split(' ')" except that any leading whitespace
> produces a null first field. A "split" with no arguments really
> does a "split(' ', $_)" internally."
>
>It doesn't make it clear whether it's really talking about whitespace
>(as in \w) or just spaces.
>
>This is why I avoid using "magic" whenever possible.
Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue.
I meant \s, of course. In this case the problem is not with the wording
of the doc, but with the confusing array of options. My same conclusion
applies.
*sheesh*
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