foreach my $key (@keys){ if(!defined($self->{output}->{$key}->{fh}) && !$self->{output}->{$key}->{type} eq 'named_pipe'){ croak "undefined fh for key $key\n"; } given($self->{output}->{$key}->{type}){ when('named_pipe'){ open my $handle ,'>',$self->{output}->{$key}->{name} or croak "could not open output handle"; print $handle $input; close $handle; } # when ... } } #### foreach my $key ( @keys ) { if ( ! defined ( $self->{'output'}->{$key}->{'fh'} ) && $self->{'output'}->{$key}->{'type'} ne 'named_pipe' ) { croak "undefined fh for key $key\n"; } given ( $self->{'output'}->{$key}->{'type'} ) { when ('named_pipe') { open my $handle, '>', $self->{'output'}->{$key}->{'name'} or croak "open failed: $!"; print $handle $input; close $handle or croak "close failed: $!"; } } } #### foreach my $key ( @keys ) { my $foo = $self->{'output'}->{$key}; if ( ! defined $foo->{'fh'} and $foo->{'type'} ne 'named_pipe' ) { croak "undefined fh for key $key\n"; } given ( $foo->{'type'} ) { when ('named_pipe') { open my $handle, '>', $foo->{'name'} or croak "open failed: $!"; print $handle $input; close $handle or croak "close failed: $!"; } } }