On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 10:47:45AM -0500, Steve Peters wrote:
> This works like <$io> described in L<perlop/"I/O Operators">
> except that it's more readable and can be safely called in a
> -list context but still returns just one line.
> +list context but still returns just one line. If used within a
> +conditional statement, however, you will need to emulate the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +functionality of <$io> with C<defined($_ = $io->getline)>.
not within any old conditional statement, only as the sole contents of a
*while* condition.
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