Re: RFC: Filehandle type-defining punctuation

[Glenn Linderman]

If the file handle becomes an object, they'd be available via member functions
of the object for those that are curious, would they not?  And if it is less
than an object, a function could be provided to obtain a pid from a handle.

Tom Christiansen wrote:

> >It seems that this issue is definitely worth a quick RFC - something
> >like "proposal to return filehandles from open/opendir rather than supply
> >as arguments".
>
> What about the pids that come back from begotten processes, as in
>
>     open(FILTER, "| cat -v | sort | lpr")
> or
>     open(MESELF, "|-")
>
> --tom

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Glenn
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