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Johan Vromans <jvromans <at> squirrel.nl> writes: >I'm in favour of dropping 2-arg open from the tutorial, or just give it >a quick mention at the end. If somebody wants to open a pipe to or from a command, they can use 2-arg open or they can use IPC::Open2 or IPC::Open3. I think that if 2-arg open is mentioned then these modules should be mentioned too. However, the while (<>) construct does use 2-arg open internally and is still generally suggested in beginner materials, so the tutorial does need to mention 2-arg open and note that this is the same magic used for <>. (Whether while (<>) is a safe thing to recommend for beginners is a whole nother topic which has been discussed on this list before without any general agreement.) -- Ed Avis <eda@waniasset.com>Thread Previous | Thread Next