thanos1983:

If you just want to fix that line, you can do it like this:

sub DESTROY {
    my $class = shift;
    return if ${^GLOBAL_PHASE} eq 'DESTRUCT';
    $class->{handle}->close() if defined $class->{handle};
}

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However, as mentioned elsewhere, $class->{handle} is *only* used in your destructor, so it's not really a useful line of code. Then, going backwards through the destructor, there's nothing happening that needs to be done. So removing the destructor would be the correct solution. But since you said it's a sample of your code, you might've removed a subroutine or two that could potentially set the handle member. In that case, this change should clear things up for you.

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

In reply to Re^3: (in cleanup) Can't call method "close" on an undefined value at somePerlModule.pm line number. by roboticus
in thread (in cleanup) Can't call method "close" on an undefined value at somePerlModule.pm line number. by thanos1983

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