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Re: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGV using2-argument open)

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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote:
> 2008/7/28 Abigail <abigail@abigail.be>:
> > I remain of the opinion that p5p has always been quite careful about breaking
> > backwards compatability, bending over backwards to avoid breaking even the
> > most obscure construct. I think 'while (<>)' should keep doing what it has
> > done for longer than I can remember (that is, using 2-arg open).
Yes, but we have broken some things.  For example, I have scripts that use 
$* that will no longer work under 5.10.  But you are right, such breaking 
is not done lightly.
> The only thing that will break is programs that rely on being able to
> process command-line arguments like 'ls|'. The only place were I can
> imagine that construct used, is complex systems of interdependent
> perl+shell scripts.
> 
> I've always been a bit uncomfortable with the current magical behaviour,
> and that's why I tend to favor a non-compatible change.
For what it's worth, on balance, I tend to agree with Rafael here.
-- 
    Andy Dougherty		doughera@lafayette.edu

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• Re: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGV using 2-argument open) by Zefram
• RE: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGV using 2-argument open) by Ed Avis
• RE: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGVusing 2-argument open) by Mark Dominus
• Re: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGV using2-argument open) by Glenn Linderman
• Re: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGV using 2-argument open) by Rafael Garcia-Suarez
• Re: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGV using 2-argument open) by Zefram
• Re: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGVusing 2-argument open) by Abigail
• Re: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGV using 2-argument open) by Tels
• Re: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGV using 2-argument open) by Rafael Garcia-Suarez
• Re: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGV using2-argument open) by Andy Dougherty
• Re: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGVusing 2-argument open) by Dave Mitchell
• Re: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGVusing 2-argument open) by Abigail
• Re: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGVusing 2-argument open) by Dave Mitchell
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