make hints available via globals in the respective pragmas to

avoid duplicating the constants everywhere

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5527

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/filetest.pm b/lib/filetest.pm
index d08f9b4d48..b52a9b484d 100644
--- a/lib/filetest.pm
+++ b/lib/filetest.pm
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ operators is a filename, not when it is a filehandle.
 
 =cut
 
+$filetest::hint_bits = 0x00400000;
+
 sub import {
     if ( $_[1] eq 'access' ) {
-	$^H |= 0x00400000;
+	$^H |= $filetest::hint_bits;
     } else {
 	die "filetest: the only implemented subpragma is 'access'.\n";
     }
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ sub import {
 
 sub unimport {
     if ( $_[1] eq 'access' ) {
-	$^H &= ~0x00400000;
+	$^H &= ~$filetest::hint_bits;
     } else {
 	die "filetest: the only implemented subpragma is 'access'.\n";
     }