On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Juerd wrote: > open '<', $foo; > open '>', $foo; > > is much harder to read than > > open 'r', $foo; > open 'w', $foo;
Are you sure?!? I would tend to disagree... not that MHO is particularly important, I guess, but just to stress the fact that it is by large a subjective matter... Michele -- Oh, for God's sake! Earnest misunderstanding I can cope with, stupidity I can cope with, complete lack of sense of humour I can cope with, but lying I cannot. *PLONK* - Ben Morrow in clpmisc (slightly edited)