while(my $line = $reader->get_next_line()){

I just wanted to point out that this suffers from the same issue that AnomalousMonk correctly pointed out deeper in the thread: if the file ends on a line containing just "0" with no newline, this loop won't catch that. You would have to say while( defined( my $line = $reader->get_next_line() ) ) instead. Alternatively, note it's possible to overload the <> operator (note that overloaded <> in list context wasn't implemented until 5.18). See for example my use in Algorithm::Odometer::Tiny; you'd just have to change $self->() to your method call, and then you could write while( my $line = <$reader> ) and Perl will automatically add the defined call.

By the way, in your post here, I don't understand the point of the two $self->{file} = shift; lines, especially the second one? Why change the filename while reading the file?


In reply to Re: What's the right way to write a method which returns one line at a time from a file? by haukex
in thread What's the right way to write a method which returns one line at a time from a file? by Cody Fendant

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