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[perl #77388] Stacked file tests with -T, -t and/or -B remove too much from the stack

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From:
Father Chrysostomos via RT
Date:
January 14, 2012 00:58
Subject:
[perl #77388] Stacked file tests with -T, -t and/or -B remove too much from the stack
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rt-3.6.HEAD-14510-1326531492-1307.77388-15-0@perl.org
On Thu Jan 12 13:30:10 2012, sprout wrote:
> Except that can’t really work either, because what would -r -t do? 
> After all, -t doesn’t *set* the stat buffer, either.
> 
> I propose we make stacked -t an error in 5.16.  It has never worked,
> it’s not clear how it should work, and if we try to make it do something
> illogical we’ll be stuck ‘supporting’ that behaviour.
> 

But maybe later we could make -t work with _.

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Father Chrysostomos


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