Re: [MacPerl] -s File Test Operator

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

kpreid@ibm.net (Kevin Reid) writes:
>> bart.mediamind@tornado.be (Bart Lateur) wrote:
>> This is a little after-the-fact, but I wonder if the parser would choke on
>> a two-letter command, for instance -ss for total file size?
>
>The second s would probably be treated as a substitution. How about -a
>(for 'all' of the file) instead?

Sorry for stating this so bluntly, but I will *NOT* extend the core Perl syntax
for a platform specific feature. Any proposals suggesting that this be
implemented outside of a namespace clearly marked as MacPerl will be met with
active resistance, rather than the benevolent apathy with which I'm currently
meeting other proposals :-)

Matthias

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Matthias Neeracher   <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>   http://www.iis.ee.ethz.ch/~neeri
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   you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, 
   then you've made a discovery." -- Enrico Fermi


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