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| author | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2004-08-09 12:10:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2004-08-09 12:10:25 +0000 |
| commit | 80b46460027bf2bee58a37ec48620576b7519f26 (patch) | |
| tree | 8843f53d95a20e1591d5c335f3fa16ff2ff1ae37 /pod/perltodo.pod | |
| parent | a3b811a7af57a27dc18c2ae9d0626dbea44a781f (diff) | |
| download | perl-80b46460027bf2bee58a37ec48620576b7519f26.tar.gz | |
Add a note in perltodo about a potential extension of readpipe()
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23205
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perltodo.pod b/pod/perltodo.pod index 5dbe882eb1..23fd3f585d 100644 --- a/pod/perltodo.pod +++ b/pod/perltodo.pod @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ for example POSIX passes Exporter some very memory hungry data structures. =head2 Optimize away @_ -The old perltodo notes "Look at the "reification" code in C<av.c>" +The old perltodo notes "Look at the "reification" code in C<av.c>". =head2 switch ops @@ -297,3 +297,9 @@ be useful to have a reasonable general benchmarking suite that roughly represented what current perl programs do, and measurably reported whether tweaks to the core improve, degrade or don't really affect performance, to guide people attempting to optimise the guts of perl. + +=head2 readpipe(LIST) + +system() accepts a LIST syntax (and a PROGRAM LIST syntax) to avoid +running a shell. readpipe() (the function behind qx//) could be similarly +extended. |