"Jonathan Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So far as I can see select operates globally across all package > namespaces. Which is annoying.
Yup. > Thus: > > $obj = Class->new; > $obj->some_method(); # Calls a select() within package Class > print "wibble; # prints to modified file handle, not STDOUT!! > > Is there some way of making it not do so? The traditional solution is to do: my $oldfh = select( $newfh ); print "hello world"; select($oldfh); Which is a bit ugly, but this /is/ Perl. ;-) -Dom -- | Semantico: creators of major online resources | | URL: http://www.semantico.com/ | | Tel: +44 (1273) 722222 | | Address: 33 Bond St., Brighton, Sussex, BN1 1RD, UK. |
