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

Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote:

>We can add a simple way to restore the old behaviour, though : 
>a command-line flag (-N and -P were suggested as counterparts 
>to -n and -p. -P was conveniently made free previously:) 

I don't think it matters much if -n and -p continue being the magical file loop as at present.  For quick oneliners you often want the extra power, and don't really care about whether it's safe in general.

OTOH, making -n and -p boring commands (so they can be safely be used in shell programming, etc.) and adding -N and -P would also work well.

-- 
Ed Avis <eda@waniasset.com>

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• FW: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGV using 2-argument open) by Ed Avis
• Re: FW: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security of ARGVusing 2-argument open) by Aristotle Pagaltzis