[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hello,
>
> I have a wish for Perl 6. I would like if the open-funktion
> opens only a file if it doesn't exist.
> Of course, I can first test if the file exist.
>
> if (-e $filename)
> { print "file already exists!"; }
> else
> { open (FH, ">$filename") }
>
> My suggestion is to have a character for the open-mode-character that
> indicate that the file should not already exist.
Like O_EXCL, yeah, that'd be nice.
But in Perl 6, you don't have to specify things like that through the
mode string: you can specify them through named parameters:
my $fh = open ">$filename" :excl;
Luke
