Re: [ID 20000125.002] Problem in documentation of Fcntl constants

[merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)]

>>>>> "Warren" == Warren Odom <warren-odom@stenocall.com> writes:

Warren> The point is, a literal reading of the documentation (and
Warren> isn't that how it's supposed to be read?) states that integer
Warren> addition is the proper way to combine these constants, when in
Warren> fact not only is it not good practice-but also just plain
Warren> doesn't work.

But it *does* work.  You just happened to stumble into a combination
of factors... that the AUTOLOADed constants can get parsed in an
unexpected way.

2 + 4 is 2 | 4.  Same value.  Adding works fine.

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