RFC 69 (v1) Standardize input record separator (for

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=head1 TITLE

Standardize input record separator (for portability)

=head1 VERSION

  Maintainer: N. Hao Ching <[email protected]>
  Date: 08 Aug 2000
  Version: 1
  Mailing List: [email protected]
  Number: 69

=head1 ABSTRACT

The default input record separator is not safe for all input files
on all platforms.

=head1 DESCRIPTION

For easier portability, the default input record separator should
at least match /\015?\012/, so that the following works on as many
platforms as possible:

    while (<FH>) {
        do_stuff_with_only_one_line_or_manually_buffered_lines;
    }

I don't know where $/ is going, so this is not necessarily about $/.

=head1 IMPLEMENTATION

Duhhhh, this is hard.  Dunno core yet.

=head1 REFERENCES

  perlport: http://www.pudge.net/macperl/perlport.html