Peter Scott wrote: > > Can someone knowledgeable on this issue speak to it? > > Will $| $/ $\ et al be retired, or be valid for some default filehandle? > > Will there still be default filehandles? There's been a big debate on the -io list about this. No clear decisions yet, but looks like the answer to "default filehandles?" will probably be "yes". Anyone interested in this issue I urge you to take it to -io for additional discussion. Thanks, Nate