in reply to Re: select?
in thread select?

The O word...

I thought select would be a good choice, since I can set a timeout. But, when I use it with STDIN, I always get a "Bad filehandle" error (in $!). That's why I asked for help specifically about select... (I knew I shouldn't have mentionned the user behind the keyboard)

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Re: Re: Re: select?
by extremely (Priest) on Dec 28, 2000 at 10:16 UTC
    That is the first truly great reason I have heard for insisting that a solution not use modules. One more absolute that now has to be moderated with an except... =)

    In the future, you should mention that up front when you insist on core features only, that way if someone is really ornery, they might just find a vile way to load the module they want as a bonus...

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