"Rod Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Case 1:
> So I wanted to do a read/write scan, so I create my TextFile, start
> reading in data, so the file is opened for reading. Then, I come to the
> part where I want to update something, so I do a write command. Suddenl
Dave Whipp wrote:
Under the hood, I don't really care, as long as it works (and is
sufficiently efficient). There are obvious implementations that might be a
bit inefficient on the first iteration (e.g. close and reopen). Quite
frankly, the number of times I open unstructured files in rd/wr mode in
--- Rod Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave Whipp wrote:
>
> >
> > Your case 2 is easy: "my Str $passwds is File("/etc/passwd") is
> > const". With that, we might even catch your error at compile
> > time.
> >
> >>/file/open/ and we're back where we started.
> >
> > Except that we've lost a l
Austin Hastings wrote:
--- Rod Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think part of the "mental jam" (at least with me), is that the
read/write, exclusive, etc, are very critical to the act of opening
the file, not only an after the fact restriction on what I can do
later.
But why? I'd argue
On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 07:40:01PM -0500, Rod Adams wrote:
: TMTOWTDI can apply here, I believe. You give me my way, I'll give you
: yours. Leave me open with all my parameters, and you can have your list
: of file abstraction classes. I could see having those classes part of
: core, if there's
"Ph. Marek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> This is obviously some new definition of Inf of which I was not
>> previously aware.
> Well, after reading my sentence one more, I see what may have caused
> some troubles. Inf is not in N; but *in my understanding* it fits
> naturally as an extension t
On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 09:55:14PM -0400, Jonadab the Unsightly One wrote:
: It is possible to construct a group that includes infinities, but NI
: isn't it, and for Perl purposes it doesn't seem necessary.
Though if someone wants to hack surreals into 6.1, that'd be cool. :-)
Larry
