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Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
> # Open a remote webpage
> $http = open http "http://www.perl.com/", GET;
^^^^ ^^^^^
> @doc = <$http>;
> print @doc if $http->content_type eq 'text/html';
> close $http;
This open seems awfully crufty to me. The URL says that it's a http
resource, so why do we have to tell open to use a http handler? We are
opening it for input ("If MODE is '<' or nothing, the file is opened for
input." -- perlfunc), so why do we have to tell open to use the GET
method? Simple opens should have simple syntax.
Jon
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