On Monday, June 3, 2002, at 10:37 AM, Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote:
> On Jun 3, bob ackerman said: > >>> @ARGV = "< $filename" if $opt_f; >> >> why '<' ? isn't '$filename' enough for get '<>' to open and read from >> that >> file? > > I feel safer when I explicitly state the mode. Unless you want the user > to put 'foo |' as the filename (that is, the output of a pipe), then you > should use the file mode in your program explicitly. i didn't realize that the 'while(<>')' would respect modes. i thought it was only for input. good to know. > -- > Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ > RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ > ** Look for "Regular Expressions in Perl" published by Manning, in 2002 * > * > <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. > [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. > ] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
