Oh, I was thinking <>, the file-reading operator, not the specific code <> (AKA <ARGV>). Tye, I can see their point, that it changes the meaning of existing code... but making it taintable, putting a warning in the docs, and making an optional and fatalable default-on warning are are certianly called for -- just not silently changing the behaivor. OK, possibly changing existing behavor to make the <ARGV> magic use three-arg open, but only with a BIG FAT WARNING and a pragmata to change the behivor back.
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