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in reply to Re: Cheap idioms
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Since @ARGV is localized, it doesn't destroy the main program's @ARGV contents. And by using @ARGV you get away with the magic diamond operator, thus avoiding the need to open the file yourself. It's a really beautiful idiom. Juerd++.

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