in reply to 'or' vs '', '&&' vs 'and'

For opening files I like to do this ... 
if( !open( FH, "<$file") ) {
    die "Cannot open $file :$!\n";
}

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... just reminds me of C.

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Re: Re: 'or' vs '', '&&' vs 'and'
by simon.proctor (Vicar) on Apr 02, 2002 at 00:31 UTC
    I much prefer the 'unless' version of this as for me (who needs new glasses) I can sometimes miss the ! so I prefer. 
    unless(open( FH, "<$file") ) {
    # Error code, logging, bits, bobs (etc etc)
    die "Cannot open $file :$!\n";
}

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    As a matter of personal taste I think this is more natural (to me).. unless this do this ;P
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