Re: [PATCH] git-cvsimport: add suport for CVS pserver method HTTP/1.x proxying

From: Ignacio Arenaza <iarenuno@eteo.mondragon.edu>
Date: Nov 24, 2006, 08:43 UTC
Message-ID: <67r6vt6xq2.fsf@poseidon.eteo.mondragon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <7v64d5keke.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:

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> The "I/O Operators" section talks about evaluating <$s> in a
> scalar context (i.e. "$rep = <$s>"), which we all know would
> return a single line, and in list context, which swallows
> everything up to EOF, an obvious disaster for this particular
> use.  I couldn't find how it is defined to behave in a void
> context.  By experiments I know this returns only one line, but
> it leaves me feeling somewhat uneasy.

This is scalar context, as we are using the implicit $_ variable as the destination of the asignment. It seems it's not so obvious for non-Perl speakers, so I'll use a clearer idiom :-)

Saludos. Iñaki.

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