On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 04:55:52AM -0600, Dan Zwell wrote:

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> Method returns a configuration value if defined, or the default
> value that was passed in, otherwise.
> 
> The main purpose of this method is to allow the empty string to
> be a valid configuration option, and to replace the following
> construct:
> 
> $val = $repo->config('my.key') || $default_val

The config subroutine does not currently take a third argument. Is there
a particular reason not to make $repo->config('my.key', $default_val)
the equivalent of config_default?

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> +in situations where the empty string is an acceptable return value.
> +This method may also be called in a vector context, when expecting

The term "vector context" is not commonly used. Most of the perl
documentation calls it "list context" (try googling for each and seeing
the hit numbers).

-Peff
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