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Re: [MacPerl] -s File Test Operator
At 09:13 -0400 98/07/21, Paul J. Schinder wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 21, 1998 at 08:58:19AM -0400, Chris Nandor wrote:
> } At 08.03 -0400 1998.07.21, Paul J. Schinder wrote:
> } >On the other hand, it would be nice if the resource fork size were a
> } >little easier to get. Maybe one of the - operators that don't have any
> } >meaning under MacOS can be pressed into service (-r?).
No. Please. Never that.
> }
> } What about a module/pragma that overloaded -s?
>
> That would work, but it might get a little clunky if I wanted both
> data and resource. On the other hand, using one of the
> meaningless-on-MacOS -op might cause weird unintentional breakage of
> scripts from elsewhere. So maybe a pragma would be best.
yes. it would. (both :-)
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