Re^6: replace use HTTP::Lite to run a perl file that was on another server

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G'day RonW,

Recommending the 3-argument form of open is sound advice; however, using a globally-scoped, package variable (i.e. CGI) is not. This would have been better:

open my $pipe_from_cgi, '-|', $cgi or die ...
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— Ken

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Re^7: replace use HTTP::Lite to run a perl file that was on another server by RonW (Parson) on Feb 21, 2017 at 19:03 UTC
I overlooked that. I was only focused on the 2 vs 3 arg forms of open. Yes, a globally scoped file handle is also not a good idea.	[reply]

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