This is actually a bug. It just seems that nobody seems to care :) It
would break too many JAPHs which use this.
So, don't depend on it, in case it is ever fixed.
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 01:17:15PM -0700, John W. Krahn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said
something similar to:
> Bob Showalter wrote:
> Also, $| has an interesting property when you decrement it.
>
> $ perl -le'for (1 .. 6) {$|--; print $|}'
> 1
> 0
> 1
> 0
> 1
> 0
>
The following makes sense, since $| only has a range of [0,1], it
should stay at 1.. unlike the $-- bug.
> $ perl -le'for (1 .. 6) {$|++; print $|}'
> 1
> 1
> 1
> 1
> 1
> 1
Cheers,
Kevin
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