Package: perl-doc
Version: 5.8.8-6.1
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/share/man/man3/constant.3perl.gz
$ perldoc -f select
select FILEHANDLE
select Returns the currently selected filehandle. Sets the current
default filehandle for output, if FILEHANDLE is supplied.
Well, this should then be
$ perldoc -f select
select
select FILEHANDLE
select Returns the currently selected filehandle. Sets the current
default filehandle for output, if FILEHANDLE is supplied.
OK, maybe not. I don't know.
Well, with unix man pages, one can tell at a glance if a argument is
optional.
With the perldoc man pages style of writing, one needs to "hunker down
with the manual" and read further.
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