Re: RFC 14 (v2) Modify open() to support FileObjects and

Tom Hughes <[email protected]> writes:

> In message <[email protected]>
>           Graham Barr <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 11:41:42AM -0500, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote:
> >
> > > 	open 'ftp://ftp.perl.org/';	# ftp
> >
> > What user/password does it use
> 
> Whatever you put in the URL with anonymous as default.

Or, if you make open behave like tie, then you'd have open templated
like 'sub open ($;@);' and then do.

    open 'ftp://ftp.perl.org/', 'anonymous', '[email protected]';

> > > 	open 'http://www.yahoo.com/';	# http
> >
> > will it support cookies, authentication ?
> 
> No reason why not.

Similarly this could be:

    open 'http://www.yahoo.com/', user => $user, pass => $pass,
          cookie_jar => HTTP::Cookies->new;

Just let the appropriate module get the argument list passed to it a
la TIEFOO.

-- 
Piers