[Bioperl-l] _readline() in SeqIO.pm

[Hilmar Lapp]

Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 14:05:20 +0200
To: bioperl-bugs@bio.perl.org
CC: bioperl

The current implementation does not handle pushed back input correctly
unless the pushed back input ends with the value of $/.

Currently, this does not affect many modules, because only a few (in
fact, only fasta.pm?) change $/, and only complete records/lines returned
by _readline() are pushed back (hopefully!). Still, it is a silent and
potentially harmful bug.

	Hilmar

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