My largely ignored RFC about "shell style redirection" suggested
pretty much this. perl5 has it as a feature hidden on the fourth page
of the perldoc for "open"
It also lets < neatly double as a compact print operator
Chaim Frenkel wrote:
>
> With threading coming, would having a >() and <() syntax be useful?
>
> So within the >() and <() constructs STDIN and STDOUT (or perhaps only
> the default filehandle) would be redirected.
>
> sub proc_arg1 { while(<>) { .... } }
> sub proc_arg2 { while(<>) { .... } }
>
> while(<>) {
> (<{proc_arg1}, <{proc_arg2}) = split;
> }
>
> Damian, You have coroutines/generators out there. What about a data sink?
> Anything you have currently proposed that would do this neatly.
>
> <chaim>
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