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

[Bart Lateur]

On 10 Aug 2000 08:35:18 +0100, Piers Cawley wrote:

>> 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

And some more from me: conversion from plain directory path into an
URI/URL is not always trival, if the path contains some unusual
characters.

-- 
        Bart.