Please read the writeup at binmode, as well as the bit about newlines in perlport. And yes, I believe Perl is implemented on many non-ASCII systems.

While '\n' and '\x0A' are exactly the same thing on ASCII systems in the storage of perl scalars, that's a mouthful to say. By omission, that means that they may NOT be the same thing on disk, or via socket, or on non-ASCII systems.

This is akin to the HTML argument between semantic <strong> and literal <b>. Semantics enforce user/platform preferences, and literals enforce author preferences.

My advice was to use semantic names when you want semantic meanings, and use literal numerical values when being literal is important. Binmode tells Perl you care. The syntax you use tells the developer you care. Remember, source code is for the human to read, too, and using the \x0A clues the maintenance programmer that the byte values matter. I don't see how that's misleading or incorrect.

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In reply to Re: Re^2: Line Feeds (rumor control) by halley
in thread Line Feeds by mikevanhoff

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