id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	lang	patch	platform
1697	Remove the open and close opcodes	dukeleto	whiteknight	"The open and close opcodes are redundant and since the IO ops became dynops, have subtle problems, as found by PL/Parrot:

{{{ arg count mismatch: op #1119 'open' needs 17820 given 3 }}}

http://groups.google.com/group/parrot-dev/browse_thread/thread/d99dfeabda257cf1
http://groups.google.com/group/parrot-dev/browse_thread/thread/b8f6e3f2e0f285ff

Uses of the open/close opcode can easily be changed to use the open/close methods on the File or FileHandle PMC.


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