Re: [ID 20000207.003] close for piped open sets $! to the wrong value

> Because the value of $! *is not a string*.

If it were a string, how would the behvaior be different in this case?

• Smoke 20218 linux 2.4.18-bf2.4 /home/abigail/Src/perl-5.8.1 by abigail
• [ID 20000207.003] close for piped open sets $! to the wrong value by mjd
• Re: [ID 20000207.003] close for piped open sets $! to the wrong value by Ilya Zakharevich
• Re: [ID 20000207.003] close for piped open sets $! to the wrong value by Mark-Jason Dominus
• Re: [ID 20000207.003] close for piped open sets $! to the wrong value by Ilya Zakharevich
• Re: [ID 20000207.003] close for piped open sets $! to the wrong value by Mark-Jason Dominus
• Re: [ID 20000207.003] close for piped open sets $! to the wrong value by Tom Christiansen