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

[Chaim Frenkel]

What about native extensions? I think VMS (and the old TOPS10) had versions
as part of the file name.

Do URIs have this capablity?

And what does a read of a directory return? URIs or Native?

A job for binmode, err, readmode, or a line discipline?

<chaim>


>>>>> "JSD" == Jonathan Scott Duff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

JSD> On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 07:26:29PM +0000, Nick Ing-Simmons wrote:
>> 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 /

JSD> Hmm.  So that would be

JSD>    open 'file://etc/passwd';
JSD>    open 'dir://usr/local/bin';

JSD> with the default open method being "file"?

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