Dan Sugalski <dan@sidhe.org> writes: >At 07:03 PM 11/28/00 +0000, Tom Hughes wrote: >>In message <5.0.1.4.0.20001127170630.024481b0@24.8.96.48> >> Dan Sugalski <dan@sidhe.org> wrote: >> >> > The third parameter is the flags parameter, and it's optional. If omitted >> > or set to PERL_CHAR_SOURCE, the second parameter is treated as a standard >> > null-terminated string. If set to PERL_COUNTED_SOURCE, the second parameter >> > is treated as if it points to a stream of bytes, where the first four are >> > the length of the source to be read followed by the source. If set to >> > PERL_FILE_SOURCE it's assumed to be a FILE *, while if set to FILE * is not a good idea. PerlIO * is fine. -- Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com> Via, but not speaking for: Texas Instruments Ltd.Thread Previous | Thread Next