Bill Baxter wrote: >> byLine() is a function. It changes the state of stdin. Calling it >> consecutively will in general result in different return values. If there >> were two guys: stdin.currentLine (property) and stdin.nextLine(), it >> would be a different story. > > That's not how it works, I think. > Just calling byLine() by itself only returns a range struct. > Consuming things from that range is what changes the state of stdin.
Ah, my bad. I was guessing. Still, returning a handle from a property that can change the state of the originating object is.. iffy. -- Michiel Helvensteijn
