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diff --git a/devel/p5-Scalar-Listify/pkg-descr b/devel/p5-Scalar-Listify/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8b930fa0a823 --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/p5-Scalar-Listify/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +A lot of Perl code ends up with scalars having either a single scalar value +or a reference to an array of scalar values. In order to handle the two +conditions, one must check for what is in the scalar value before getting on +with one's task. Ie: + + $text_scalar = 'text'; + $aref_scalar = [ 1.. 5 ]; + + print ref($text_scalar) ? (join ':', @$text_scalar) : $text_scalar; + +And this module is designed to address just that! + +WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Scalar-Listify/ |