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

[Nathan Wiger]

> Random thoughts:
> 
>         open "http://www.perl.com";
>         open "http://www.perl.com?foo=bar&baz=blat";
>         open "http://www.perl.com", %args;
>         open "http://www.perl.com", { mode => 'POST' }, %args;
> 
> Hmm.  I think that "modes" should be made explicit rather than relying
> on special characters fore or aft of the "filename".  Especially since
> the individual handlers get to decide how they want to treat that
> filename.

Yeah, this is a tough call. Using < and > for non-files might be taking
a good thing too far.

I'm going to post the pros and cons under a "possible extensions"
section in v4. Let's put this off until later.

-Nate