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Re: Working Group Proposal

From:
Chip Salzenberg
Date:
July 24, 2000 18:55
Subject:
Re: Working Group Proposal
Message ID:
20000724185546.C488@perlsupport.com
According to horos:
> Include keyword 'open' in perl library? [y]
> 	Include support for 'http' in 'open' [y]
> 	Include support for 'ftp' in 'open' [y]
> 	Overload 'open' with other support (https, etc)? [n];
> 
> Include keyword 'close' in perl library? [y]
> Include keyword 'select' in perl library? [y] n 

One point against: The more of Perl that's optional, the more Perl
programs become non-portable -- perhaps by accident.
-- 
Chip Salzenberg              - a.k.a. -              <chip@valinux.com>
"I wanted to play hopscotch with the impenetrable mystery of existence,
    but he stepped in a wormhole and had to go in early."  // MST3K



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