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

Tom Hughes <[email protected]> writes:

> In message <[email protected]>
>           Tom Hughes <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > The suggested syntax does not necessarily conflict with the
> > above - the core might spot the xxx: scheme and try and load
> > an xxx.pm from some well known path and hand off the open to
> > that module.
> 
> To follow up to myself I should add that there is also a second
> technique that achieves the same result.
> 
> That is if the core provides a way for modules to register as
> handlers for certain types of filename - the when you load a
> module like LWP it would register things like http and ftp that
> it knows how to handle and open's for those types would be handed
> off to the registered handler.

I like this better. A lot better in fact.

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Piers