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1st ed, p 194 -- DATA filehandle is only open if __DATA__ exists #138

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dagolden opened this issue Nov 26, 2010 · 1 comment
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1st ed, p 194 -- DATA filehandle is only open if __DATA__ exists #138

dagolden opened this issue Nov 26, 2010 · 1 comment

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The inset box claims that DATA represents the current file and is left open after compilation, which is incorrect. This is only true if a DATA section (even an empty one) exists. Otherwise, the DATA handle is not opened.
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Clarified in f56bab8, thanks.

shlomif pushed a commit to shlomif/modern_perl_book that referenced this issue May 16, 2011
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Clarified DATA use (GH chromatic#138).
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