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Re: Things to remove

From:
Jarkko Hietaniemi
Date:
August 21, 2000 13:48
Subject:
Re: Things to remove
Message ID:
20000821154822.B14522@chaos.wustl.edu
> In a void context, C<dump> dumps the program's current opcode representation
> to its filehandle argument (or STDOUT, by default).
> 
> In a scalar or list context, C<dump> dumps nothing, but rather returns the
> I<source code> of its arguments (or of the current state of the entire
> program, by default).

Instant program migration: 

host-a:foo.pl:	print SOCKET dump;

host-b:bar.pl: 	{ local $/; eval <SOCKET> };

-- 
$jhi++; # http://www.iki.fi/jhi/
        # There is this special biologist word we use for 'stable'.
        # It is 'dead'. -- Jack Cohen



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