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in thread open failure code

Though this works, the ternary operator, like the grep and map operators, should not really be use in void context. 
if (open(FH,"<".$log) {
    print "opened\n";
}
else {
print "unable to open $!\n";
}

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is preferred.


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Re: Re: Re: Re: open failure code
by davido (Cardinal) on Nov 27, 2003 at 05:47 UTC
    Of course the same could be done just with proper logical short circuit operators. Prefer the low-precedence ones for this sort of thing: 

    open FH, "<", $log and print "Success\n" or print "Failure\n";

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    That avoids trinaries and if/else's.


    Dave


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