Re^4: how to read data from a URL

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Re^5: how to read data from a URL by Corion (Patriarch) on May 15, 2007 at 11:06 UTC
I guess there's little replacement for thinking for yourself. Also, I'm unaware that Ingy has declined to put such information into the module documentation. It's obvious that IO::All allows you to do that, and I guess most users of IO::All want this cute flexibility.	[reply]
Re^5: how to read data from a URL by derby (Abbot) on May 15, 2007 at 14:14 UTC
If the module authors decline to put such information into the docs, how does a casual Perl programmer know about the risks? I believe this was the reason for annocpan. Look at the upper right hand corner of IO::All. You should see a link to annocpan for IO::All. Unfortunately, no one has annotated IO::All. -derby	[reply]
Re^6: how to read data from a URL by Mutant (Priest) on May 15, 2007 at 15:18 UTC
Yeah, annocpan is cool. But even if there was something posted there, a lot of people wouldn't bother to look at it.	[reply]
Re^7: how to read data from a URL by DrHyde (Prior) on May 16, 2007 at 09:23 UTC
Users emailing the module author to suggest changes to the documentation would be far far cooler, precisely because do few people - myself included - bother to look at annocpan when having problems. If an author isn't receptive to such useful feedback, then I probably don't want to use his code anyway.	[reply]


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