Graham Barr wrote:
>
>
> Create a new handle, like $DEFOUT. Then there would be no need
> for selectsaver either as you would do the equiv. of
>
> local($DEFOUT) = $newhandle;
Just submitted an RFC on this exact idea.
-Nate
On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 08:27:04PM +, Nick Ing-Simmons wrote:
> Perl6 Rfc Librarian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> >In addition, this RFC recommends deprecating select(), since it is no
> >longer needed with the new fileobject approach described in RFC 14.
> >
> >
> > $oldoutput = select(
Nathan Wiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>For other stuff, like print(), instead of using the "currently selected
>filehandle", just always have it print to $STDOUT unless something's
>specified. So:
>
> $oldstdout = $STDOUT;
> $STDOUT = $myfileobject;
> print "Hello, world!"; # always p
Michael Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 08:49:00AM -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
>> In addition, this RFC recommends deprecating select(), since it is no
>> longer needed with the new fileobject approach described in RFC 14.
>
>You should probably mention here that
Perl6 Rfc Librarian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>In addition, this RFC recommends deprecating select(), since it is no
>longer needed with the new fileobject approach described in RFC 14.
>
>
> $oldoutput = select($newoutput);
>
>Can now be written simply as reassignments:
>
> $oldoutput = $
At 9:45 -0700 2000.08.12, Nathan Wiger wrote:
>For other stuff, like print(), instead of using the "currently selected
>filehandle", just always have it print to $STDOUT unless something's
>specified. So:
>
> $oldstdout = $STDOUT;
> $STDOUT = $myfileobject;
> print "Hello, world!"; # alway
I am not on the list, I just read the RFC and was a bit troubled by the
following:
At 8:49 + 2000.08.12, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
>Also, select() is deprecated by this new approach and can be removed.
>This code block:
>
> $oldoutput = select($newoutput);
>
>Can now be written simply as r
On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 08:49:00AM -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
> In addition, this RFC recommends deprecating select(), since it is no
> longer needed with the new fileobject approach described in RFC 14.
You should probably mention here that the single-arg form of select() is the
one you'r
> >The rule is easier ("print always goes to $STDOUT, whatever that
> >contains") and there's not select() overhead. Everything else should be
> >object methods, making stuff clearer still.
>
> And it is also a pain in the butt.
>
> select *LOG;
> do_stuff();
>
> sub do_stuff {
> pri
> That's no different than the current state of affairs.
>
>$oldoutput = *STDOUT;
>*STDOUT = $filehandle;
>
> I don't see how select() is any less needed under this proposal than it is now.
Perl 5 has the concept of a "currently selected filehandle". So,
whatever is selected by select()
This and other RFCs are available on the web at
http://dev.perl.org/rfc/
=head1 TITLE
STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR should be renamed
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Nathan Wiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 04 Aug 2000
Last-Modified: 12 Aug 2000
Version: 2
Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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