Re: Overhead of __DATA_

As far as I can tell (and I'm not an expert on the Perl sources), during tokenization when __DATA__ is encountered Perl creates a filehandle for the current package called DATA and leaves the file pointer right there.

Other nonsense happens if you're on a platform that cares about binmode() and whether the script was found on stdin...<handwave/>

(Curiously, DATA is assumed to be untainted. I wonder if this could be used to a JAPH's advantage...)

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Re: Re: Overhead of __DATA__? by E-Bitch (Pilgrim) on Sep 05, 2001 at 08:16 UTC
Actually, Cirollo did just that with an Obfu... very interesting, and the first I had ever encountered it. _________________________________________ E-Bitch Tempora Mutantur Nos et Mutamur in Illis "The Times are Changed Even as We are Changed in Them"	[reply]
Re: Re: Overhead of __DATA__? by extremely (Priest) on Sep 05, 2001 at 20:52 UTC
What is curious about DATA being untainted when read? Would you rather the program consider itself tainted? =) -- $you = new YOU; honk() if $you->love(perl)	[reply]