Hi Bastian,

Bastian Angerstein wrote on 05.07.2004:

>Hello,
>
>I have a few questions regarding to the DATA Filehandle:
>
>1. This handle ist opend by default or do I have to open it by
>myself?
>

According to the docs, it should be opened by the __DATA__ token:

>The __DATA__ token opens the DATA handle in whichever
>package is in effect at the time, so different modules can each have
>their own DATA filehandle, since they (presumably) have different
>package names.


>2. Is it possible to change to content of what the handle so that
>the __DATA__ Sektion of my skript changes?
>

I don't think it's a good idea to have a script write to itself. The
DATA section is meant to keep static input out of the way of your
processing commands. If you want to modify it, I suggest storing it
outside of the script.

- Jan
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