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Well, that still makes it inside out, and also introduces a do block, which is not necessarily obvious.

The obvious approach that reads nicely and keeps a confined temp var is: 

{ my $old = select NEW; $|++; select $old }

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Re^5: Tear it apart...select()
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Mar 02, 2003 at 16:06 UTC
    Fair enough. I have a tendency to prefer a more functional style and to avoid actual naked blocks, but that's just my bias.

    Makeshifts last the longest.

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