In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Fowler) writes: >On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 01:50:53PM -0500, James Edward Gray II wrote: >> It's the indirect method call syntax, as far as I understand. > >It looks like it, but it isn't. See >http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg33969.html for a recent >discussion on that.
It's an indirect filehandle syntax, which is close. There's some interesting stuff here: $ perldoc -q indirect Found in /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/pod/perlfaq5.pod How can I use a filehandle indirectly? [...] -- Peter Scott http://www.perldebugged.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]