[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hello, > > I have a wish for Perl 6. I would like if the open-funktion > opens only a file if it doesn't exist. > Of course, I can first test if the file exist. > > if (-e $filename) > { print "file already exists!"; } > else > { open (FH, ">$filename") } > > My suggestion is to have a character for the open-mode-character that > indicate that the file should not already exist.
Like O_EXCL, yeah, that'd be nice. But in Perl 6, you don't have to specify things like that through the mode string: you can specify them through named parameters: my $fh = open ">$filename" :excl; Luke