This is actually a bug. It just seems that nobody seems to care :) It would break too many JAPHs which use this.
So, don't depend on it, in case it is ever fixed. On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 01:17:15PM -0700, John W. Krahn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said something similar to: > Bob Showalter wrote: > Also, $| has an interesting property when you decrement it. > > $ perl -le'for (1 .. 6) {$|--; print $|}' > 1 > 0 > 1 > 0 > 1 > 0 > The following makes sense, since $| only has a range of [0,1], it should stay at 1.. unlike the $-- bug. > $ perl -le'for (1 .. 6) {$|++; print $|}' > 1 > 1 > 1 > 1 > 1 > 1 Cheers, Kevin -- [Writing CGI Applications with Perl - http://perlcgi-book.com] Number one ain't you... You ain't even number two. -- Frank Zappa -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]