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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: problem redirecting STDOUT to pipe
Message-ID: <8769@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 17 Jul 90 19:01:28 GMT
References: <1990Jul16.161925.9869@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU> <1990Jul16.180207.28646@iwarp.intel.com>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <1990Jul16.180207.28646@iwarp.intel.com> merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz) writes:
: And yes, Larry, look at those lines marked "shouldn't need eval".  Why
: do I need eval?  I thought a scalar was always a good replacement for
: a filehandle...

Er, it is if I don't blow it...

After the next patch the line in arg.h which reads

	A(0,0,0),       /* PIPE */

will read

	A(1,1,0),       /* PIPE */

and you'll be much happier with life.

Larry