Re^2: simple to describe I/O problem

if ($fh->open("$file","<")) { ... }

Why does the string $file have to be interpolated into another string "$file" before being passed to the open method?

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Re^3: simple to describe I/O problem by Anonymous Monk on Sep 01, 2014 at 20:04 UTC
It doesn't, `"$file"` was just a remnant of (too) quickly editing the OP's code. (Unless maybe `$file` is an object with overloaded stringification; but then it'd probably be stringified inside `open`...)	[reply] [d/l] [select]