Matt Behrens wrote:
> > > --- /usr/share/doc/megahal/examples/Hal.pm 2000-09-01 13:36:58.000000000 -0400
> > > +++ Hal.pm 2004-01-07 16:04:26.000000000 -0500
> > > @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
> > > # Save brain.
> > > sub save {
> > > $wselect->can_write();
> > > - syswrite(WRITE,"#save\n\n",8);
> > > + syswrite(WRITE,"#quiet\n\n#save\n\n#quiet\n\n");
>
> > According to http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/func/syswrite.html the
> > third value is optional. I'd like to verify that loading the brain works
> > before we add this upstream.
>
> It has for me; I've been running a megahal bot on a little IRC
> server a friend runs for a couple days now and have already moved
> it between three machines, brain intact.
>
> I did catch the bit about the optional param, which is why I omitted
> it. Joey, if you can remember writing this script (from the megahal
> examples directory), was there a reason syswrite's third parameter
> was needed?
syswrite has never been a part of perl I was comfortable with; I
probably added the parameter because I thought it behaved like write().
It's also possible that perl used to require the length parameter.
--
see shy jo
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