in reply to Re^2: write/syswrite return value differences
in thread write/syswrite return value differences

That's right, I misread the docs thinking it's mirroring C's write() function...

oh well, thanks!

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Re^4: write/syswrite return value differences
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 29, 2011 at 14:33 UTC

    hum, Eliya pointed out that I was wrong and that IO::Handle's write does mirror C's (really POSIX's) write. Except in return value, of course.

    "This write is like write found in C"