At 9:42 AM -0700 on 8/25/99, Vicki Brown wrote: >Why doesn't this generate a syntax error? > > } BEGIN { > @ARGV = <*m*>; # Unmatched right bracket, at end of line File 'Untitled #2'; Line 1 # syntax error, near "}" File 'Untitled #2'; Line 1 # Execution of Untitled #2 aborted due to compilation errors. So, to make it run without compilation errors -- with one signle unshown thing... __END__ } BEGIN { @ARGV = <*m*>; ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe