Allow opening non-existing file with 'use fatal'

leont++ for reporting
rakudo · Feb 23, 2015 · c8d3e64 · c8d3e64
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diff --git a/src/core/IO/Handle.pm b/src/core/IO/Handle.pm
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ my class IO::Handle does IO {
             return self;
         }
 
-        fail (X::IO::Directory.new(:$!path, :trying<open>)) if $!path.d;
+        fail (X::IO::Directory.new(:$!path, :trying<open>))
+          if $!path.e && $!path.d;
         $r = $w = True if $rw;
 
         if $p {