Re: RFC: Filehandle type-defining punctuation

[Nathan Wiger]

> Yes, but then each of those has to be explained specially.  People
> *expect* assignment to "autovivify", as it were.  But open() et al
> are essentially a 3rd syntax for constructors, and that's about one
> syntax too many, give or take a few.

I agree with this. I think of open() a lot more like a new() than like a
chop(), personally.

-Nate