Hi When using read/sysread you pass variables like $fo->sysread($buf, $buflen), and the data is returned in buf. This is magic to me, normally you ought to call sysread like $fo- >sysread(\$buf,$buflen), passing a reference/pointer to the buffer.
Apparantly here's some trick, although the variable content is put on the perl-stack, sysread can decode the reference to the variable. Looking at it from .xs perspective, you'd get something like int sysread //OK, this is pseudo xs code. SV *buf, SV *buflen CODE: and maybe one can get the reference (*buf) to the buf in this case. Is this how sysread does it? Is there a way to access \$buf from perl (other than .xs) ? /me -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
