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| author | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1999-12-30 19:35:07 +0000 |
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| committer | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1999-12-30 19:35:07 +0000 |
| commit | 53129d29569a85455957955379fd49abdaaf8185 (patch) | |
| tree | e5ec616a792a9b6e0a815dfcd1f645948d9b4aff /pod | |
| parent | c39cd00800303e8967294e98aa4c427a1872a251 (diff) | |
| download | perl-53129d29569a85455957955379fd49abdaaf8185.tar.gz | |
leave DATA open in binmode if __END__ line doesn't have CRLF
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4740
Diffstat (limited to 'pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perldelta.pod | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index d070aa25dc..47f7c26651 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -1045,7 +1045,10 @@ has been added. Scripts are read in binary mode by default to allow ByteLoader (and the filter mechanism in general) to work properly. For compatibility, -the DATA filehandle continues to be set to text mode. +the DATA filehandle will be set to text mode if a carriage return is +detected at the end of the line containing the __END__ or __DATA__ +token; if not, the DATA filehandle will be left open in binary mode. +Earlier versions always opened the DATA filehandle in text mode. [TODO - GSAR] |