On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 05:01:14PM +0900, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Assignment to $stdin etc. re-connect corresponding stdio.  You have to
> preserve the original using "dup".  It still is under discussion for
> 1.7 (and 1.8), but "dup" works anyway.

You've just saved production code, matz.  I owe you one more beer (and
they're a lot already).

Massimiliano