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A Perl newbie on my team was thrown by the examples in the Iteration and Scoping section relating to the `topic_mangler` function. The `topic_mangler` function in the top example is...

dagolden

links to subsections broken in TOC

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All the below links Perldoc Expressivity Context Void, Scalar, and List Context Numeric, String, and Boolean Context Implicit Ideas The Default Scalar Variable The Default Array Variables in http://modernperlbooks.com/books/modern_perl/index.html refer...

rns

Please add the following to the documentation. To build epub, you need EBook::EPUB and tidy installed. For the pdf you need App::pod2pdf

ddeimeke

Build not rendering right (chapter numbers, non-ascii chars, bold)

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I believe I followed the build instructions to generate a PDF, but my chapters aren't rendering with chapter / section numbers, and markup isn't being translated. It's like I missed...

tomeliaz

pg 82 (pdf ) Closures and partial Application - why anonymous subroutine?

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On pg 82 of the pdf version, Closures and Partial Application applies default arguments to a routine by invoking it from another routine. But making it an anonymous routine assigned...

legrady

1st ed, p77 -- strange hyphenation in code in call-out box

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A line ends "$first_-". The hyphen looks like a minus sign. Identifiers in code samples should not be hyphenated across line breaks.

dagolden

Build tools are not working as expected.

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Hi, it seems every time I make an attempt to build the book, it fails silently. If I execute ./build_(type) I will get no output, nor any files built in...

ispyhumanfly

Either in the section that discusses arrays vs lists, or in a section on prototypes, it might be worth pointing out the (possibly) surprising behavior of this: sub foo($$$) {...

dagolden