On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 02:22:55PM -0700, Dave Whipp wrote: : My problems with these tools would be reduced if the POD identification : rule was changed from /^=/ to /^=\w/. I.e. whitespace after the initial : "=" marks it as non-pod.
S26 says that ^^ '=' \s is for continuing a previous directive, and therefore *must* not be interpreted as a new directive, so I think you pretty much already have your wish, if we assume that a missing previous directive implies that a "spaced" = isn't extending anything. This interpretation would certainly cut down false matches way down in any culture that conventionally puts spaces on both sides of an = when used for assignment. (And if there isn't a space after, there isn't likely to be a space before that would get wrapped.) Larry
