Fw: Treating filehandles like strings

[fwd from the general language list]

Michael Mathews wrote:
>
> From: "Jon Ericson" <[email protected]>
> > This is what the angle brackets do currently, unless I
> > misunderstand you.  I don't like the no-operator
> > syntax you propose, because it hides the file
> > operation.  I'd rather have a filehandle stringify to
> > the filename instead.
>
> Okay, I see now. Your examples all work and are pretty much what I was
> wishing for. Actually I'm very pleased for the new tricks to add to my
bag.
> Thanks!!
>
> >
> > <FH> =~ s/pattern/replacement/; # dies in current Perl
> >
> > Perhaps this behaviour should be changed for files
> > opened '+<'?
> >
>
> Hmmm,  this one seems *very* powerful, maybe a little dangerous? I'm not
> sure I would want to be able to alter the contents of a saved file,
in-place
> like that so easily.
>
> --Michael