Re: Implicit closing of files

... the buffer is occasionally not flushed at the end of the block and that he ended up with an empty file

I couldn't get that to happen on Windows with 5.6.2, 5.8.8 or 5.10.0. Can the co-worker provide a demo ?

Cheers,
Rob

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Re^2: Implicit closing of files by andreas1234567 (Vicar) on Jun 17, 2008 at 11:41 UTC
Like, syphilis, me neither: `# 692459.pl use strict; use warnings; { local *HANDLE; open(HANDLE,">outfile.txt"); print HANDLE "...."; } __END__` [download] `# 692459.t use strict; use warnings; use Test::More tests => 4; my $f = q{outfile.txt}; require_ok(q{692459.pl}); ok(-f $f, q{file exists}); ok(-s $f, q{file's size is non-zero}); cmp_ok(unlink($f), q{==}, 1, q{Delete 1 file}); __END__` [download] `C:\src\perl\perlmonks\692459>prove 692459.t 692459....ok All tests successful. Files=1, Tests=4, 0 wallclock secs ( 0.00 cusr + 0.00 csys = 0.00 C +PU) C:\src\perl\perlmonks\692459>perl -v This is perl, v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread` [download] -- No matter how great and destructive your problems may seem now, remember, you've probably only seen the tip of them. [1]	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: Implicit closing of files
by andreas1234567 (Vicar) on Jun 17, 2008 at 11:41 UTC

syphilis

# 692459.pl
use strict;
use warnings;
{
    local *HANDLE;
    open(HANDLE,">outfile.txt");
    print HANDLE "....";
}
__END__
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# 692459.t

use strict;
use warnings;
use Test::More tests => 4;
my $f = q{outfile.txt};

require_ok(q{692459.pl});
ok(-f $f, q{file exists});
ok(-s $f, q{file's size is non-zero});
cmp_ok(unlink($f), q{==}, 1, q{Delete 1 file});
__END__
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C:\src\perl\perlmonks\692459>prove 692459.t
692459....ok
All tests successful.
Files=1, Tests=4,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.00 cusr +  0.00 csys =  0.00 C
+PU)

C:\src\perl\perlmonks\692459>perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
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