> The existience and wide advertisement of these two locutions shows > that whatever &you* might think about the simplicity and convenience > of $|++, many other people don't share your opinions. > and many do. relax. i am entirely entitled to 'think'. you are entirely entitled to disagree. what's the problem? 8^) Larry Rosler wrote: >> useless variable in between. All of which turns what should be a >> simple operation into a four or five-line locution. > > ... > >> { my $o = select FH; $|++; select $o } > > Try as I may, I fail to find a four- or five-line locution there! Talk > about mountains and molehills... sorry, but i agree. -- @-------------------------------@--------------------@ | Michael Budash Consulting | (707) 252-7670 | | Perl, Javascript, PHP, MySQL | (603) 250-8679 fax | | Official Extropia Developer | mbudash@sonic.net | @-------------------------------@--------------------@ ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? ==== Well, if you insist... Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to ==== fwp-request@technofile.org