Re: $_[0] as a filehandle

There are a few reasons. First of all, you're using a reference to a glob as a filehandle - that's bound not to work. Also I'm not really sure what you're doing with split in myFonc; you might want to rethink that code. I would advise using lexically scoped filehandles. Something like this:

my $fh;
open $fh, "<$myFile" or die "blah";
myFunc($fh);

sub myFunc {
    my $fh = shift;
    while(<$fh>) {
        # do something
    }
}
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This works.

The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows. - Frank Zappa

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Re: Re: $_[0] as a filehandle by sauoq (Abbot) on Oct 29, 2003 at 02:23 UTC
First of all, you're using a reference to a glob as a filehandle - that's bound not to work. Uh... "Bound not to work"? `perl -le '$x = \*STDOUT; print $x "Bzzzt."'` [download] That used to be the "accepted" way of passing handles around... :-) -sauoq "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: $_[0] as a filehandle by batkins (Chaplain) on Oct 30, 2003 at 11:52 UTC
Yes, you're right. I should have tested it out before making that claim. :) I still prefer lexically-scoped filehandles whenever possible, but thanks for pointing out my mistake. The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows. - Frank Zappa	[reply]
Re: Re: $_[0] as a filehandle by pg (Canon) on Oct 29, 2003 at 02:36 UTC
On the contrary, it bounds to work. As sauoq pointed out in his 1st reply, the problem is on the receiving side, not the passing side. I tested, his Fonc actually worked, but not Func. You must have noticed that it passes the handler to them in exactly the same way, but Fonc and Func receive the parameter differently.	[reply]