Peter Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>binmode() POD sayeth:
>
> For the sake of
> portability it is a good idea to always use it
> when appropriate, and to never use it when it
> isn't appropriate.
>
>Is it just me, or does this not make any sense in the context of portability?
binmode is legal and a nop on UNIX where there is no text mode. So using
binmode on binary data (JPEG etc.) is portable. Likewise not using on text
is portable ;-)
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