Yes, and I think that gives us *two* reasons to always explicitly close
filehandles. :-)
David
On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 8:00 AM, Shawn H Corey
wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jul 2017 07:36:39 -0400
> David Mertens wrote:
>
> > Also note that lexical filehandles close when they go out of scope
>
> True but
On Sun, 16 Jul 2017 07:36:39 -0400
David Mertens wrote:
> Also note that lexical filehandles close when they go out of scope
True but you should always explicitly close your files. This gives you
a chance to report any errors it had, have rather than silently
ignoring them.
--
Don't stop wher
Even more readable:
FILE: foreach my $file ( @files ) }
...
last FILE if (some_condition);
...
}
Also note that lexical filehandles close when they go out of scope, except
for the most recently "stat"ed file. Perl holds a reference to "the most
recently stat-ed filehandle" in "the solitary
