On Oct 14, James Edward Gray II said:
>Perl's $! variable is being set by a call to close(), I'm 99% sure.
>However, this call to close() does not return undef, it succeeds. The
Then close() isn't setting $! (to any meaningful value). Only use $! when
something has failed.
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Jeff "japhy" Pi
Thanks a million! You're totally right, it's just me miss using $!. I
had just about figured all that out messing with it today, but I didn't
understand the $! variable well enough. Thanks for explaining it to me.
James
On Monday, October 14, 2002, at 02:33 PM, Michael Fowler wrote:
> On
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 09:50:58PM -0500, James Edward Gray II wrote:
> What's the best way to to track down the line that is setting the $!
> variable? I can't quite figure out the rules of this guy. Once it's set,
> what clears it? Its it localized to subroutines or packages or anything?
> I
Hello again:
Sorry to reply to my own message, but I know a little more now and
could still use some clarification.
Perl's $! variable is being set by a call to close(), I'm 99% sure.
However, this call to close() does not return undef, it succeeds. The
call is being made on a non blocking
Howdy:
I don't want to fill this message with all three modules of my code, so
I'll try some general questions to see if I can get the help I need.
Okay, I'm basically building a Multiplexed Non-Blocking IO Telnet
Server. Earlier today I was having bug trouble, so I threw in a few
extra prin
