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[perl #77388] Stacked file tests with -T, -t and/or -B remove too much from the stack

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From:
Father Chrysostomos via RT
Date:
January 21, 2012 18:25
Subject:
[perl #77388] Stacked file tests with -T, -t and/or -B remove too much from the stack
Message ID:
rt-3.6.HEAD-14510-1327199147-1453.77388-15-0@perl.org
On Sat Jan 21 17:04:10 2012, sprout wrote:
> On Fri Jan 20 16:25:43 2012, perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org wrote:
> > * Father Chrysostomos via RT <perlbug-followup@perl.org> [2012-01-
> > 20T17:13:33]
> > >
> > > (Is anybody reading this?)
> > 
> > Yes, and it's an area I've grumbled through myself.  I'll try to say
> > something
> > tomorrow.
> 
> And when you do so, can you consider the attached patch?  It just makes
> -t -e -f -l -o N dwim, because the N argument is now passed down to each
> op.  Those that are capable will use the last stat buffer.  Those that
> are not (-t -T -B) will use the argument.
> 

Except that patch needs a bit of tweaking to make -r -t dwim, but my
point is that this is doable before 5.16.

-- 

Father Chrysostomos


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