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From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Special Variable $^T not documented in manual
Message-ID: <1991Jan29.203111.24202@pronto.mh.nl>
Date: 29 Jan 91 20:31:11 GMT
References: <1991Jan25.200918.11912@tc.fluke.COM>
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In-Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV's message of 28 Jan 91 22:34:38 GMT


In article <11209@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) writes:
> : It is (dollar-caret-T, not dollar control-T).
> 
> Guess again.  Either way works.  If you go back to Perl version 1, you'll
> see the hooks for using control characters as special variables.

Yech. A suitable case for de-implementation. Existing perl programs
that will break deserve to do so.

[And never stop being amazed ...]

	Johan
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