# THIS WORKS
print (OUT $line) || die "writing 'splat' $!";

# But putting || die on another line does not. i.e:
# print (OUT $line) 
#       || die "writing 'splat' $!";

[download]
That's strange. They both work for me.

Moreover, I see no reason why they would be different, in fact Deparse tells me they produce identical code: 

% cat id1.pl
 print (OUT $line) || die "writing 'splat' $!";

% perl -MO=Deparse id1.pl
die "writing 'splat' $!" unless print OUT $line;
id1.pl syntax OK

% cat id2.pl
 print (OUT $line)
    || die "writing 'splat' $!";

% perl -MO=Deparse id2.pl
die "writing 'splat' $!" unless print OUT $line;
id2.pl syntax OK

[download]
Though you could dig further into the root cause of the difference you experienced, I suggest you just stick to the low precedence or and avoid parens with print as described earlier.

In reply to Re^3: Ulimit being reached by eyepopslikeamosquito
in thread Ulimit being reached by viffer

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.