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>>>>> "n" == nick <nick@ing-simmons.net> writes: n> It is my personal style to use non-NULL value as "flag" - it dates n> back to "my" RTOS on TI's 16-bit micros where memory was precious - n> having a flag and a value was wasteful. in my rt-11 assembly and heavy c days i did it too. i prolly stopped doing it with perl as it doesn't seem to matter as much. we waste so much ram as it is. :) uri -- Uri Guttman --------- uri@sysarch.com ---------- http://www.sysarch.com SYStems ARCHitecture, Software Engineering, Perl, Internet, UNIX Consulting The Perl Books Page ----------- http://www.sysarch.com/cgi-bin/perl_books The Best Search Engine on the Net ---------- http://www.northernlight.comThread Previous | Thread Next