This is a live mirror of the Perl 5 development currently hosted at https://github.com/perl/perl5
Porting/todo.pod: Point out problem with readpipe(LIST)
authorFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>
Tue, 7 Jun 2016 05:19:46 +0000 (22:19 -0700)
committerFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>
Tue, 7 Jun 2016 05:19:46 +0000 (22:19 -0700)
Porting/todo.pod

index e99623e..db459ec 100644 (file)
@@ -766,7 +766,9 @@ allow taint to "leak" everywhere within an expression.
 
 system() accepts a LIST syntax (and a PROGRAM LIST syntax) to avoid
 running a shell. readpipe() (the function behind qx//) could be similarly
-extended.
+extended. Note that changing readpipe() itself may not be the solution, as
+it currently has unary precedence, and allowing a list would change the
+precedence.
 
 =head2 Audit the code for destruction ordering assumptions