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-warn "Legacy library @{[(caller(0))[6]]} will be removed from the Perl core distribution in the next major release. Please install it from the CPAN distribution Perl4::CoreLibs. It is being used at @{[(caller)[1]]}, line @{[(caller)[2]]}.\n";
-
-;# Usage:
-;# %foo = ();
-;# &abbrev(*foo,LIST);
-;# ...
-;# $long = $foo{$short};
-
-#
-# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
-# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
-# This legacy library is deprecated and will be removed in a future
-# release of perl.
-#
-# In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
-# programming techniques.
-#
-# Suggested alternative: Text::Abbrev
-#
-
-package abbrev;
-
-sub main'abbrev {
- local(*domain) = @_;
- shift(@_);
- @cmp = @_;
- foreach $name (@_) {
- @extra = split(//,$name);
- $abbrev = shift(@extra);
- $len = 1;
- foreach $cmp (@cmp) {
- next if $cmp eq $name;
- while (@extra && substr($cmp,0,$len) eq $abbrev) {
- $abbrev .= shift(@extra);
- ++$len;
- }
- }
- $domain{$abbrev} = $name;
- while ($#extra >= 0) {
- $abbrev .= shift(@extra);
- $domain{$abbrev} = $name;
- }
- }
-}
-
-1;