From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from postman.osf.org ([130.105.1.152]) by hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu with SMTP id <2679>; Tue, 21 Sep 1993 10:20:09 -0400 Received: from sulphur.osf.org by postman.osf.org (5.64+/OSF 1.0) id AA03965; Tue, 21 Sep 93 10:19:39 -0400 Received: by sulphur.osf.org (1.37.109.4/4.7) id AA12243; Tue, 21 Sep 93 10:20:05 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 10:20:05 -0400 From: rsalz@osf.org Message-Id: <9309211420.AA12243@sulphur.osf.org> To: malte@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de, rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu Subject: Re: Thoughts on a builtin read > This is an inconsistency. I'd very much prefer the usual > "x = `read" > or "x = `` ( $some_ifs_list ) { read }" Please explain how you would write a "read until EOF loop". Don't confuse EOF with blank lines. I think Tom's list is right-on. /r$