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

[Piers Cawley]

Nick Ing-Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> 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 /.

Nooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

Yet more reasoned criticism from me eh?

Seriously: Perl is not the web, the web is not perl

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Piers