In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/32458de9a4322bd2e66c525d33720a42df7e0b56?hp=3708669706516490ba9699d9d57d92d59fda1006>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 32458de9a4322bd2e66c525d33720a42df7e0b56 Author: Aristotle Pagaltzis <[email protected]> Date: Fri Nov 25 02:04:52 2016 +0100 perlfunc/open: clarify role of mode for undef filename ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perlfunc.pod | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 18bb465..1e32cca 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -4405,9 +4405,9 @@ argument being L<C<undef>|/undef EXPR>: open(my $tmp, "+>", undef) or die ... -opens a filehandle to an anonymous temporary file. Also using C<< +< >> -works for symmetry, but you really should consider writing something -to the temporary file first. You will need to +opens a filehandle to a newly created empty anonymous temporary file. +(This happens under any mode, which makes C<< +> >> the only useful and +sensible mode to use.) You will need to L<C<seek>|/seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE> to do the reading. Perl is built using PerlIO by default. Unless you've -- Perl5 Master Repository
