On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 11:23:10PM -0000, Dan Jacobson wrote:
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> In perlre we see
> \s Match a whitespace character
> but we can't find the definition of "whitespace character". Do add it
> or a reference.
> (We were trying to find out if \n is a whitespace character.)
> P.S., In our search, we found a search-busting hyphen:
> matches at boundary between white-space characters and
> P.P.S., on perlop we see
> # trim white space
> twice. So do standardize upon whitespace vs. white-space or white space.
Ye Olde "Programming Perl" Glossary has this to say:
whitespace
A character that moves your cursor but doesn't otherwise put
anything on your screen. Typically refers to any of: space, tab, line
feed, carriage return, or form feed.
Dredging up a post from the past:
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 02:17:36PM -0800, chromatic wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 13:47, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
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> > chromatic, I have a vague recollection that you have some association
> > with O'Reilly. Can you or someone else look into releasing the
> > Programming Perl glossary? Even from the 2nd edition would be
> > nice[1]. I'd be glad to format it into a perlglossary.pod.
>
> Good idea! I've started looking into this.
Any progress, chromatic?
