At 04:40 PM 9/5/00 -0700, Jon Ericson wrote:
>Bart Lateur wrote:
> > For input, the handle is marked as a source:
> >
> > $data = <STDIN>;
> >
> > In order to be symmetrical, your ousput handle should look and act like
> > a sink:
> >
> > >STDOUT< = $data;
> >
> > There. Now it's symmetrical.
>
> <STDOUT> = $data;
>
>is symmetrical.
Hmm, that has a certain elegance. Now, <> has line-oriented semantics for
input, so what does it do, line-wise, on output? Automatically append
$/? Have we finally found a way to put println in Perl? (Ducks)
> I am considering this as a possible addition to RFC 51:
>
> <STDOUT, $fh> = $data; # print to tty and file
I am not so crazy about this part though.
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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies
