Re: RFC 14 (v3) Modify open() to support FileObjects and

[Jon Ericson]

Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
>    # Open a remote webpage
>    $http = open http "http://www.perl.com/", GET;
                  ^^^^                       ^^^^^
>    @doc = <$http>;
>    print @doc if $http->content_type eq 'text/html';
>    close $http;

This open seems awfully crufty to me.  The URL says that it's a http
resource, so why do we have to tell open to use a http handler?  We are
opening it for input ("If MODE is '<' or nothing, the file is opened for
input." -- perlfunc), so why do we have to tell open to use the GET
method?  Simple opens should have simple syntax.  


Jon
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