(Cc'd to perl6-internals, which is where most of this is going)
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Nathan Wiger wrote:
> I can't find the full original thread, but somewhere it was suggested
> that $^O be removed because it's the same as $OSNAME. Again, I'm against
> this, I use it all the time.
$Config{osname}, I think. I'm not thrilled with that, mainly because it
means loading up Config, which ain't cheap.
> However, this got me thinking. Here is an idea I'd like to see: The
> existence of a $^T variable for controlling tainting in the same way
> that $^W controls warnings. Now *that* would be cool. I realize the
> current implementation of tainting requires it starts with the
> interpreter, but hey we're rewriting the internals, right?
So put in an RFC. :) Seriously, finer grain control over tainting's not
unreasonable, and I can think of a few ways to do it, but they need to be
designed in *now*, not later.
Put some thought into it and get me a coherent RFC. I'd like this (and all
the other major stuff) fully on the table before we start in on the guts.
Dan
