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| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlfunc.pod | 14 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 0451232faf..67c305ca6b 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -3596,13 +3596,12 @@ C<chdir> there, it would have been testing the wrong file. =item readline EXPR -Reads from the filehandle EXPR. The EXPR can be either the name of -the handle or the typeglob for it. In scalar context, each call reads -and returns the next line, until end-of-file is reached, whereupon the -subsequent call returns undef. In list context, reads until -end-of-file is reached and returns a list of lines. Note that the -notion of "line" used here is however you may have defined it with -C<$/> or C<$INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR>). See L<perlvar/"$/">. +Reads from the filehandle whose typeglob is contained in EXPR. In scalar +context, each call reads and returns the next line, until end-of-file is +reached, whereupon the subsequent call returns undef. In list context, +reads until end-of-file is reached and returns a list of lines. Note that +the notion of "line" used here is however you may have defined it +with C<$/> or C<$INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR>). See L<perlvar/"$/">. When C<$/> is set to C<undef>, when readline() is in scalar context (i.e. file slurp mode), and when an empty file is read, it @@ -3613,7 +3612,6 @@ operator, but you can use it directly. The C<< <EXPR> >> operator is discussed in more detail in L<perlop/"I/O Operators">. $line = <STDIN>; - $line = readline(STDIN); # same thing $line = readline(*STDIN); # same thing =item readlink EXPR |