On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 09:25:08AM +0100, Richard Proctor wrote: : Maybe there are some more... : : $?perl Which version of perl am I in
It would be "Which version of Perl am I compiled with?" But $?perlversion would much clearer. I suppose the same could be said for $?subname. : And relating to the outside world : : $?os Which operating system am I operating on Again, which OS am I compiled on, or at best, which OS does the compiler think I'm compiling for, in the case of cross-compilation. : I am sure there could be many more, perhaps many (all?) of the special : variables could become $? variables for consistency. Most of the special variables are process state, not compiler state, and should live in * instead of ?. Larry
