Re^6: A Perl aptitude test

I am saddened to see I never got around to thanking you for this post.

As a consequence of your reply, I learned that strict was lexically scoped, as well as the syntax for how to release its iron grip, as well as the idea that one could reduce only pertinent portion of its iron grip and the synxtax thereto, resulting in this snippet which was no longer relegated to its "quarantine module":

    # If it's our last lock, release it.
    if (!$lckcnt) {
        # It's our last lock.  Release the lock token file.
        my $lckfnm = &_getLockFilename($filfnm);
        {
            # Must disable warnings and strict for this
            no warnings;
            no strict;

            close $Lckhan{$KEY_LCKHAN}{$filfnm};
        }
    }
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So, as many times before, thanks for having taken the time to write this -- OMG -- ten years ago.

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Re^7: A Perl aptitude test by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jul 16, 2013 at 18:46 UTC
I'm glad you found it useful :) But, I still don't get your problem with using file handles stored in hash elements with close when strict and warnings are enabled? `C:\test>perl -mstrict -wE" open $f{w},'<words.txt'; print ~~readline($ +f{w}); close $f{w}" aa` [download] I can never work out how to use them with the angle bracket (<>) form of readline, but no problem with open or close. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^8: A Perl aptitude test by marinersk (Priest) on Jul 16, 2013 at 20:04 UTC
In my current version of Perl, I cannot reproduce the problem. Gut says your first guess a decade ago was right -- perhaps an old version of Perl (even for then). Seems a likely culprit.	[reply]