Re: Making argv a constant

[Sigbjorn Finne]

Fergus Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 
> > But 1.3 already does this, stdin,stdout&stderr are global handle
> > constants - so why not do it for something that *really* is constant?
> 
> There's a difference between the handle and its contents.
> stdin etc. really are constant, it is just their contents (the
> stuff you get if you read from that handle) that may vary.
> 

Of course, but the *handle* is global none the less, fixing
the meaning of stdin etc. throughout program execution. If you have
one, then why not the other (argv) ?

--Sigbjorn