*finally* getting around to answering these... ;-)
Jon Ericson wrote:
>
> This is not strictly true. <> is shorthand for . ARGV is the
> special filehandle that opens each file in @ARGV. If @ARGV is empty,
> $ARGV[0] is set to '-'.
Thanks for the clarification.
> @ARGV = ('filename');
>
Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
> The new C<$DEFIN> accomplishes a similar thing, but with
> input. Currently, the special <> filehandle acts on one of
> two things, either C<@ARGV> or (if C<@ARGV> is
> empty).
This is not strictly true. <> is shorthand for . ARGV is the
special filehandle that ope
Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
> With C<$DEFERR>, all error functions are set to act on it
> instead of C<$STDERR> by default. So, the Perl 6 version
> of the above is replaced by a single, simple line of code
> at the top of your main program:
>
>$DEFERR = $ERRORLOG unless $have_a_tty;
open S
This and other RFCs are available on the web at
http://dev.perl.org/rfc/
=head1 TITLE
Replace default filehandle/select with $DEFOUT, $DEFERR, $DEFIN
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Nathan Wiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 17 Aug 2000
Version: 1
Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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