$?OS globals, etc.

2005-04-20 Thread Scott McWhirter
Hi, I've not been keeping very up to date in recent times of how this stuff is working. I've been noticing the use of these variables within pugs and have a slight suggestion. Currently there is rather limited abstraction with these items (as far as I am aware) and while they are usable and

Re: $?OS globals, etc.

2005-04-20 Thread Larry Wall
On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 08:45:02PM +0100, Scott McWhirter wrote: : Hi, : : I've not been keeping very up to date in recent times of how this stuff : is working. I've been noticing the use of these variables within pugs : and have a slight suggestion. : : Currently there is rather limited

Re: $?OS globals, etc.

2005-04-20 Thread Larry Wall
On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 08:45:02PM +0100, Scott McWhirter wrote: : Why would this be useful? Why should anyone care? Well, a real world : example would be if I wished to find out through a large codebase to : locate all the areas within the codebase that are calling $?OS. To do : this, I would