Re^2: How is perl able to handle the null byte?

A struct is basically like creating your own data type, right?

However, I understand now. That was fairly simple, actually...
Thank you!

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Re^3: How is perl able to handle the null byte? by Joost (Canon) on Jun 15, 2006 at 19:01 UTC
A struct is a "complex" type. That means a struct contains a fixed number of fields that can be of different types themselves. A bit like a perl hash but with a fixed number of key-value pairs. PerlGuts Illustrated has some nice diagrams. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]