mark overmeer aanmovermeernet guys happen reported bug dont like silence subject nicks findings imo decide 1 change docs reflecting special behavior _stat filetest active 2 produce error _ used filetest enabled 3 change internal implementation rwx use access available platform performance benefit _ lost flags imo 3 filetest always used strongly preferred test readibility take acls account available imperfection worse performance loss r used sparsely first place probably shouldnt go 510 least first option must go asap think wed oct 17 2007 102258am 0200 mark overmeer wrote apparently rwxrwx implemented filetest set _ anymore perl588 nicholas clark suqhccl4org 071021 2053 dont believe current behaviour behavioural bug documentation could clearer however documented _ set last stat documented filetest rwxrwx use access rather mode bits file mark overmeer aanmovermeernet 071022 0047 well perldoc f stat says stat passed special filehandle consisting underline stat done current contents stat structure last stat lstat filetest returned read filetest perl5100 many places perl prefers qualilty performance would even say use filetest default platforms support support acls regards markov mark overmeer msc markov solutions aanmovermeernet eqsqxtwldovermeernet httpmarkovermeernet httpsolutionsovermeernet thu 07 aug 2008 132709 0100 perl 46463 filetests sometimes set _