In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Daniel Tiefnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> $ perl -le 'print$^H;print$^H'
> 256
> 256
>
> But:
>
> $ perl -le 'print$^H,$^H'
> 00
>
Yup, $^H is *very* magic. In practise in all cases you really USE it, it
tends to be 256. Even on uses that are "single" like:
-p0 for$n((0,7..9,7)x$){$_=reverse,s/\.(?=.{$n}(x.{$n})+o)/*/s} (64)
For how exactly it does this, you'll have to read the
source code I'm afraid. In the docs it comes with a:
Its availability, behavior, and contents are subject to change without notice.
