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On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:42:07PM -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:
> : while ($STDIN) { ... }
> I'm wondering what this will do?
> $thingy = $STDIN;
> This seems to have two possibilities:
> 1. Make a copy of $STDIN
This one. I see a filehandle in *boolean* context meaning "read to $_",
just like the current "while (<FOO>)" magic we all know and occasionally
love. I'd expect $FOO.readln (or something less Pascalish) to do an
explicit readline to a variable other than $_
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