Re: RFC 39 (v3) Perl should have a print operator

[email protected] (Jon Ericson) Tue, 05 Sep 2000 16:40:06 -0700
Newsgroups perl.perl6.language.io
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Bart Lateur wrote:
> For input, the handle is marked as a source:
> 
>         $data = <STDIN>;
> 
> In order to be symmetrical, your ousput handle should look and act like
> a sink:
> 
>         >STDOUT< = $data;
> 
> There. Now it's symmetrical.

	<STDOUT> = $data;

is symmetrical.  I am considering this as a possible addition to RFC 51:

	<STDOUT, $fh> = $data; # print to tty and file

Jon
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