[sf-perl] Re: [oak perl] print Dumper \$|;

[David Lowe]

Belden et al. -

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Belden Lyman wrote:
> I think $| manages to achieve its boolean magic without using tie. But
> this is just a guess based on your test.

tie() is just the only perl-side interface to the general perl internals
notion of a 'magic' variable (yes, the technical term).

`perldoc perlguts` has all the gory details, under the heading "Magic
Variables".

$| is magical (mg_type == '\0', I'm pretty sure), but not tied
(mg_type == 'q').

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