Based on an off-list discussion, it turns out that unary C<=>
is not slurpy as mentioned in S04. The following patch to S04
corrects this; I've already applied the patch but thought I'd
pass it by p6l for review/comments/reactions.
Pm
Index: S04.pod
===================================================================
--- S04.pod (revision 3802)
+++ S04.pod (working copy)
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
Maintainer: Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 19 Aug 2004
- Last Modified: 29 Jan 2005
+ Last Modified: 15 Jun 2005
Number: 4
Version: 5
@@ -185,13 +185,10 @@
This has the added benefit of limiting the scope of the C<$line>
parameter to the block it's bound to. (The C<while>'s declaration of
C<$line> continues to be visible past the end of the block. Remember,
-no implicit block scopes.) It is possible to write
+no implicit block scopes.) It is also possible to write
while =$*IN -> $line {...}
-But it won't do what you expect, because unary C<=> does a slurp in scalar
-context, so C<$line> will contain the entire file.
-
Note also that Perl 5's special rule causing
while (<>) {...}
