Re: [MacPerl] line buffering in perl5

[time@ice.com (Tim Endres)]

In Regards to your letter <199604161557.RAA04279@yggdrasil.ethz.ch>:
> edjames@metro.apple.com (Ed James) writes:
> >I notice that the mpw tool now seems to line buffer STDOUT, whereas
> >the perl4 seemed to buffer on a larger blocksize.
> 
> You are right, and no, I'm not aware of any Perl mechanism to change buffering
> in running programs except $|. Maybe I should revise my idea of line buffering
> stdout. I had picked this as the default for no better reason than the fact
> that UN*X does this, too.

Could "re-opening" STDERR solve the problem?


tim.

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