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Re: $! or &Errno or $!{}by Albannach (Monsignor) |
on Mar 20, 2001 at 22:21 UTC ( [id://65768]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Looked odd to me too but I found this clue in perldiag (apparently added in Perl 5.005):
The first time the %! hash is used, perl automatically loads the Errno.pm module. The Errno module is expected to tie the %! hash to provide symbolic names for $! errno values. --
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