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On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 11:12 AM Tom Molesworth via perl5-porters <
perl5-porters@perl.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Oct 2021 at 22:50, Paul "LeoNerd" Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> I propose the addition of a new perlvar; perhaps named
>>
>> {
>> local ${^OUTPUT_HANDLE} = $newh;
>> print "Things";
>> }
>>
>
> Wouldn't the existing STDOUT local() support be more clear for this case?
> It also has the advantage of working equivalently for STDERR/warn:
>
> {
> local *STDOUT = $newh;
> print "Redirected";
> }
> {
> local *STDERR = $newh;
> warn "Also redirected";
> }
>
> Or is this aimed more at format-related functionality?
>
Replacing superglobals wholesale is a bit different from select, which
still would allow you to print to STDOUT while selecting a different
default handle.
-Dan
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