Author: wayland Date: 2009-02-16 04:50:39 +0100 (Mon, 16 Feb 2009) New Revision: 25348
Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod Log: S16: Changed my $| stupidity to select() Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod =================================================================== --- docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod 2009-02-16 03:02:46 UTC (rev 25347) +++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod 2009-02-16 03:50:39 UTC (rev 25348) @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ The I<standard> ones are our old familiar friends (with new names). Standard input is C<$*IN>, standard output is C<$*OUT>, and standard error is C<$*ERR>. -However, the I<default> ones replace the Perl 5 $| variable with three new variables. +However, the I<default> ones replace the single handle set by the Perl 5 select() call +with with three new variables. At the start of the program, the default handles (C<$*DEFIN>, C<$*DEFOUT>, and C<$*DEFERR>) are aliased to the standard handles, but may be temporarily or permanently rebound to some other file handle.
