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Ed Avis
Date:
July 29, 2008 03:40
Subject:
FW: Alarums and Excursions (was [perl #2783] Security ofARGV?using 2-argument open)
Message ID:
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Abigail wrote:

>>Code using <SAFE_ARGV> explicitly would also fail to compile 
>>with pre-5.12.
>
>No, it doesn't.

You're right.  (Why doesn't use strict check for filehandle names?)

>You'd be better off to make it a feature; using the feature 
>will prevent the code from running on older perls.

Is it possible to backport features via a CPAN module?

-- 
Ed Avis <eda@waniasset.com>

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