Larry Wall wrote: > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 07:30:08PM +0100, Moritz Lenz wrote: > : For chmod() I could imagine an interface like this: > : > : $file.chmod(:8<540>); > : $file.chmod( :set, :user => :r & :x, :group => :r) > : # both same as 'chmod 540 $file' > : > : $file.chmod( :modifiy, :other => :!x) > : # same as 'chmod o-x $file' > > A pair on the left side of => could be construed as a design smell.
oops, I menat 'user => :r' instead of ':user => :r'. I should take the warning serious that 'sudo' prints out the first time you use it ;-) > And I wonder if the set/modify distinction can be better mapped onto > assignops somehow... maybe as hash slices? $file.perms<user><r w x> = 1, 0, 1; Still that would become clumsy if you want to change the rights for user, group and other at the same time... Moritz -- Moritz Lenz http://perlgeek.de/ | http://perl-6.de/ | http://sudokugarden.de/
