Re: Re: Scalars tied to logfiles

You don't need to define an UNTIE method for untie($var) to work. If you don't, it just un-sets the flag on the tied scalar, and reduces the reference count on the tie object.

$h=$ENV{HOME};my@q=split/\n\n/,`cat $h/.quotes`;$s="$h/."
."signature";$t=`cat $s`;print$t,"\n",$q[rand($#q)],"\n";
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Re: Re: Re: Scalars tied to logfiles by duff (Parson) on Dec 11, 2003 at 05:31 UTC
Aye, but he'll probably want to close the filehandle on `untie`. PerlJam	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Scalars tied to logfiles by davido (Cardinal) on Dec 11, 2003 at 05:42 UTC
Good observation... you made me think it through for a minute. I think that because I'm using an object-oriented approach to the file handling (IO::File), when the scalar is either UNTIEd or DESTROYed the IO::File object will have its ref-count dropped down to zero, and the file will be closed automatically. Dave	[reply]