Re^2: __DATA__, seek, and tell

I'm using DATA because I would like to be able to edit the Perl file on disk, and have it reload the changes when I tell it to.

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Re^3: __DATA__, seek, and tell by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 16, 2007 at 15:51 UTC
Replacing parts of your programs sounds really ugly and dangerous. I can easily envision problems with global `my` variable, for example. Seems to me a frest start using `exec $^X, $0, @ARGV;` would be a much better way of achieving that. If you're determined to stay on your course, why now keep the reloadable code in a seperate file and just `do` that file instead of messing with `DATA`. Keep in mind that what you are doing with `DATA` is an undocumented side-effect of the implementation of `DATA`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
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