Re: $*CWD and chdir()

[Carlin Bingham]

2009/8/19 Timothy S. Nelson <wayl...@wayland.id.au>:
>
>        So, if P5 does it for some global (note: global != environment)
> variables, then why not do it for some in P6?
>

Because if (for some reason) I do:

$> = 5; # Which calls setuid(5);
print $>; # 5

Whereas:

$*CWD = '..'; # which hypothetically calls chdir '..';
print $*CWD; # /home


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Carlin