From @ribasushi

The way the corresponding document is worded it almost sounds like using
Fcntl​::Seek_* is discouraged. Is this the case, and if so - why?

From @jkeenan

On Tue Jun 16 08​:19​:08 2015, ribasushi@​cpan.org wrote​:

The way the corresponding document is worded it almost sounds like using
Fcntl​::Seek_* is discouraged. Is this the case, and if so - why?

Let me stipulate up front​: This is not an area of expertise for me.

That being said, I don't see where, in either 'perldoc -f seek' or 'perldoc -f sysseek', the use of the SEEK_* symbols from Fcntl is being discouraged.

In fact, when I say, 'perldoc Fcntl', I am led right back to those parts of 'perlfunc'​:

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For ease of use also the SEEK_* constants (for seek() and sysseek(),
e.g. SEEK_END) and the S_I* constants (for chmod() and stat()) are
available for import. They can be imported either separately or using
the tags C<​:seek> and C<​:mode>.
...
See L<perlfunc/seek> and L<perlfunc/sysseek> about the SEEK_* constants.
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So I'm ... confused.

Thank you very much.
--
James E Keenan (jkeenan@​cpan.org)

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From @tonycoz

On Tue Jun 16 15​:46​:30 2015, jkeenan wrote​:

On Tue Jun 16 08​:19​:08 2015, ribasushi@​cpan.org wrote​:

The way the corresponding document is worded it almost sounds like
using
Fcntl​::Seek_* is discouraged. Is this the case, and if so - why?

Let me stipulate up front​: This is not an area of expertise for me.

That being said, I don't see where, in either 'perldoc -f seek' or
'perldoc -f sysseek', the use of the SEEK_* symbols from Fcntl is
being discouraged.

In fact, when I say, 'perldoc Fcntl', I am led right back to those
parts of 'perlfunc'​:

#####
For ease of use also the SEEK_* constants (for seek() and sysseek(),
e.g. SEEK_END) and the S_I* constants (for chmod() and stat()) are
available for import. They can be imported either separately or using
the tags C<​:seek> and C<​:mode>.
...
See L<perlfunc/seek> and L<perlfunc/sysseek> about the SEEK_*
constants.
#####

All of the examples for seek() use the literals instead of the symbolic names.

Personally, I always use the symbols.

Tony