On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 01:51, Larry Wall wrote: > Note these just warp the defaults. Underneath is still a strongly > typed string system. So you can say "use bytes" and know that the > strings that *you* create are byte strings. However, if you get in a > string from another module, you can't necessarily process it as bytes.
But, what happens if I: { use bytes; my string $line = $filehandlelikething.getline; } Does my saying "string" enforce anything, or do I have to: { use bytes; my string $line is bytes = $filehandlelikething.getline; } ? -- Aaron Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Senior Systems Engineer and Toolsmith "It's the sound of a satellite saying, 'get me down!'" -Shriekback