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Re: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGVusing 2-argument open)

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On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 03:15:15PM -0400, Andy Dougherty wrote:
> > 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.
Ditto. Well, definitely make <> fail on special filenames (except '-').
As for providing a mechanism for 2-arg open, such as -P, I'm not so
convinced.  I think for those rare occasions where its needed, just do it
longhand.
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• Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGV using 2-argument open) by Tom Christiansen
• Re: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGVusing 2-argument open) by Aristotle Pagaltzis
• 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
• Re: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGV using2-argument open) by H.Merijn Brand
• 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 ARGVusing 2-argument open) by Ed Avis