Package: perl-base
Version: 5.8.4-8
Severity: normal
IO::Handle(3perl) writes:
$io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] )
This "write" is like "write" found in C, that is it is the opposite
of read. The wrapper for the perl "write" function is called "for-
mat_write".
I think 'like "write"' is far from the truth. The actual code is just
a simple PERL "print" statement instead of "syswrite". This means that
the return value is always 1 (in case of success) instead of the
number of actually written bytes as a programmer could expect.
A big warning required here in the man page:
"This is just a wrapper around print. A C like "write" is "syswrite".
Gabor
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