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;
}
?
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Aaron Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Senior Systems Engineer and Toolsmith
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