On 01-Oct-2001 Bob Maccione wrote:
> Hmm,  since I'm using Filter::Stream I guess my next question is how to
> you tell the end of a string (for lack of a better word) in Perl?  I
> guess I could write a Filter::String and then assume that all strings
> end with a null and look for the null in the stream,  however I'm not
> sure if this is really correct (and I did search the web) and have no
> idea on how Perl knows the end of a string.

Why not use Filter::Block ?

(I'm assuming you control both ends of the connection.)

-Philip

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