>>>>> "MOORHOUSE," == MOORHOUSE, John NW Group Risk
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
MOORHOUSE,> Is there any way of initialling a *main::input in one go
MOORHOUSE,> i.e *main::input=(); doesn't work
This is already heading down the dangerous path. Why are you using
a symbol-table variable if you don't want a symbol-table variable?
If you want something temporary:
{
local *main::input;
$status = whatever->ReadParse(*main::input);
... use %main::input;
}
But the evilness of that ReadParse word is making me shudder already.
That's so... uh... perl4-ish.
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