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in thread File::Slurp bug? Should I bother?
Ah, it seems to be mentioned for Perl 5.8.1. (Although the text does reference 5.8.0; beats me...)
"As of the 5.8.0 release, sysopen()/sysread()/syswrite() do not behave like they used to in 5.6.1 and earlier with respect to "text" mode. These built-ins now always operate in "binary" mode (even if sysopen() was passed the O_TEXT flag, or if binmode() was used on the file handle). Note that this issue should only make a difference for disk files, as sockets and pipes have always been in "binary" mode in the Windows port. As this behavior is currently considered a bug, compatible behavior may be re-introduced in a future release. Until then, the use of sysopen(), sysread() and syswrite() is not supported for "text" mode operations.'I'm glad to know why it's broken, even if it means no File::Slurp. Thanks for all the help. I wonder if they plan to fix that any time soon. There's a bug report at ActiveState from 2003.
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