in reply to Re^2: Write 2 uint16_t numbers to file in Perl
in thread Write 2 uint16_t numbers to file in Perl

What does this mean?

This part use print  printf("Read $bread B from $hfn\n");

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Re^4: Write 2 uint16_t numbers to file in Perl
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 05, 2016 at 12:28 UTC

    Right. I missed that.

    Then again, it wouldn't be that hard for printf to realise that it only had a single parameter and bypass inspecting the template and just print it. (Maybe that is already done.)


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