Re: [MacPerl] Script works with debugger but .....

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

jmanley@metronet.com (Jim Manley) writes:
>>Actually, it looks like it works correctly the first time, but if you
>>run it again without restarting MacPerl, then only the prompt string is
>>printed, no matter what you type in response.
>>
>You're correct.  Another person suggested I put
>
>        select( (select(STDOUT), $|)[0] );
>
>at the head of the script but that didn't make any difference.

Make that "$| = 1", not "$|". The bug consisted of MacPerl not resetting the
buffering correctly.

Matthias

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