>>>>> "Matt" == Matt Sergeant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Matt> So do I have to use gensym(), or not?
As long as you are aware of the package in which the symbol ends up, I
can't see how it'd matter. And nobody uses string indirect
filehandles ($x = 'FH'; print $x 'hello') these days, we'd hope.
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