Perl Best Practices
by Damian Conway


The following errata were *corrected* in the 11/05 reprint:

Here's a key to the markup:
 [page-number]: serious technical mistake
 {page-number}: minor technical mistake
 <page-number>: important language/formatting problem
 (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
 ?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification


(xx) Acknowledgments;
 The following  HAVE BEEN ADDED, after Nancy Kotary's entry:

     To Genevieve d'Entremont, for heroic typesetting far beyond
     the call of duty.

     To Lucie Haskins, whose superb index so elegantly complements
     the original manuscript.

The following HAS BEEN ADDED before Chris Dever's entry:

     To chromatic, for his rapier wit, for unveiling the mysteries of
     testing, and for his invaluable assistance in getting the message
     out to the wider Perl community.


{100} Bottom of the page;
...to even(), replacing it with a direct...

NOW READS:
...to odd(), replacing it with a direct...


(176) Middle of the page;
Barewords is forbidden under use strict, so...

NOW READS:
Barewords are forbidden under use strict, so...


(252) First paragraph;
Nor will this version allow an extra % or & in the source.

NOW READS:
Nor will this version allow an extra % in the source or & in the data.


(302), in the LT "Use a double -- prefix...", 
the dashes on "--input" NOW APPEAR asnon-breaking so they don't word-wrap.