"I like the three-argument form of open."

Some of us like *gasp* IO::File . . . :O

my $handle = IO::File->new($filename,'<') or croak ...
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And i like the idea of using brackets instead of quotes here, a lot of log messages uses brackets as well.

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
F--F--F--F--F--F--F--F--
(the triplet paradiddle)