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Diffstat (limited to 'Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/IO/Handle.pm')
-rw-r--r-- | Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/IO/Handle.pm | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/IO/Handle.pm b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/IO/Handle.pm index 68e6d902e44..1cfe29e791b 100644 --- a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/IO/Handle.pm +++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/IO/Handle.pm @@ -139,9 +139,12 @@ guaranteed. =item $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] ) -This C<write> is like C<write> found in C, that is it is the +This C<write> is somewhat like C<write> found in C, in that it is the opposite of read. The wrapper for the perl C<write> function is -called C<format_write>. +called C<format_write>. However, whilst the C C<write> function returns +the number of bytes written, this C<write> function simply returns true +if successful (like C<print>). A more C-like C<write> is C<syswrite> +(see above). =item $io->error @@ -268,7 +271,7 @@ use IO (); # Load the XS module require Exporter; @ISA = qw(Exporter); -$VERSION = "1.33"; +$VERSION = "1.34"; $VERSION = eval $VERSION; @EXPORT_OK = qw( |