>>>>> "Bryan" == Bryan R Harris <[email protected]> writes:
Bryan> How can I use the "safe" 3-argument open and still be able to read off a Bryan> pipe? You don't. 2-arg open has to be good for something. And 2-arg open is perfectly safe if the second arg is a literal: open OTHER, "<-" or die; open my $handle, "<-" or die; Don't let anyone tell you "Always use 3-arg open" unless they also footnote it with "unless you have no variables involved". -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[email protected]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] http://learn.perl.org/
