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

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Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote:
>backwards-uncompatible, unless some magic_argv.pm is put on CPAN, that
>does nothing on 5.10.x and below.
It doesn't have to do nothing.  As already discussed, it could actually
work on all versions, providing a lot of configurability regarding which
magic gets applied.  We can write this now, and encourage all users to
explicitly say which magic they want.  Only the default behaviour would
then vary according to perl version.
-zefram

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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