Re: RFC 14 (v2) Modify open() to support FileObjects and

[Nick Ing-Simmons]

Graham Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 11:41:42AM -0500, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote:
>> How about this?
>> 
>>      open '/etc/passwd';             # file
>
>OK
>
>>      open '/usr/local/bin/';         # directory (note the trailing '/')
>
>Portability, not all platforms use /

Allowing URI/URL syntax can perhaps dodge the "portability" issue 
URLs use / so if user thinks URL they think /.

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Nick Ing-Simmons