On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Mr. Shawn H. Corey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > Sadly, even ReadBackwards in no magic bullet. (And BTW, it should be > ReadBackward.) snip
No, it is File::ReadBackwards. If you are complaining about the regionalism "backwards", well I bet I can find you using at least one. snip > It still has to go through the entire file and mark the offsets to the > start of every line. snip No, you obviously don't know how it is implemented. It seeks to the end of the file and reads it into a buffer where it searches for line endings. It does not read the entire file until you reach the first line. -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
