Nathan Wiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Admittedly, it does look cooler, but consider this:
>
> open 'http://www.yahoo.com/';
> open 'https://www.etrade.com/'; # what module? https?
Yes - if you don't have one it fails "https protocol not found".
>
>No matter what, you're going to have to embed something in there that
>decides for you what todo. What if an "httpx:" method comes out??
See above.
>Will
>Perl < 6.2.1 (when the "httpx:" hook was added) not work?
You have to install the IO::httpx module from CPAN
>
>Also, what if you write your own module, say "MyHttp", that you want to
>open certain documents? How do you do this? The more general notation:
The whole point of URI scheme is it is extensible. So
open MyHttp://www.yahoo.com/', $custom, $args;
should "just work" if the module is in the right place, and give
a meaningful error if it isn't.
>
> open MyHttp, 'http://www.yahoo.com/', $custom, $args;
>
>Allows you to do this simply, in a syntax that is already established.
The URI syntax is also well established.
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Nick Ing-Simmons
