(sorry for this moment of meta-commentary, but . . . )

I just want to say that I prefered the POTENTIAL SECURITY HOLE posted at 18:56 over the one posted at 18:59 because the former gave an example of what was wrong with this progging-behavior, while the latter just said "don't do it." I'm only mentioning this because I've get my prefs set to list comments by highest score, so when I first viewed the page it was the latter post which was closer to the top. I'm still fairly newbie (but aren't we all?-- man in the subject line excepted, of course.), so I super appreciate it when the more (or in this case most) knowledgable monks take the extra moment to give a concrete example of why a don't is a don't, or a do is a do. (Which is to say that I chose to ++ the 18:56 post rather than its younger brother, on account it was the older, less popular kid which helped me more. Also, I just got up a little while ago, so my clutch isn't quite engaged yet, which is why I've gone sort of graphomanic and jest keping babbbbbbbbling. sorry)

Just my two cents. Carry on.

The Autonomic Pilot; it's FunkyTown, babe.

In reply to Re: Merlyn's POTENTIAL SECURITY HOLE by mcwee
in thread If File Exists by damian

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