Sudarshan Raghavan wrote: > .. > You are right it is "Good Programming practice" to be defensive. Even though > I would advocate a "close () or warn ()" instead of a "close () or die ()". > > But then again the choice is subjective, but "defensive programming" holds > always.
I want to second that recommendation, and go a little further. I would tend to say you should wrap such statements in try blocks. ppm>install Error System> perldoc Error http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/11/14/exception.html #link courtesy Wiggins d'Anconia Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
