Re: Re: Re: Re: Perl Idioms Explained

My only reservation was of the practice of using IO->Handle only for the purposes of turning on autoflush.

I agree. I said "longer scripts" and most of my longer scripts already pull use IO::Handle somewhere along the line anyway. I probably should have said that it's not a good idea to use it just for autoflush.

-sauoq
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Perl Idioms Explained - $\|++ by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 02, 2003 at 00:08 UTC
Here's intriguing:) ?? `perl -e"autoflush STDOUT, 1;" Can't locate object method "autoflush" via package "IO::Handle" at -e +line 1.` [download] Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." -Richard Buckminster Fuller If I understand your problem, I can solve it! Of course, the same can be said for you.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Perl Idioms Explained - $\|++ by sauoq (Abbot) on Aug 02, 2003 at 00:33 UTC
This will clear that up some: `$ perl -le 'print ref *STDOUT{IO}' IO::Handle` [download] The note in the BUGS section of the IO::Handle pod is explanatory too: `BUGS Due to backwards compatibility, all filehandles resemble object +s of class "IO::Handle", or actually classes derived from that class +. They actually aren't. Which means you can't derive your own class f +rom "IO::Handle" and inherit those methods.` [download] -sauoq "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";	[reply] [d/l] [select]


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