Re: RFC: Modify open() and opendir() to return handles

[Tom Christiansen]

>Actually, open() currently CAN have just one parameter. What it does, is
>use a filehandle and a scalar variable with the same name, so

>Nope. Get rid of it! (p.s. Has anybody ever actually used this feature,

Yes, of course.  That isn't an argument for its persistence, however.

--tom