Just curious; you use FileHandle; within your code: why not open my $fh, $file or die "$file: $!\n"; instead?

I have a co-worker who (imo) over-uses FileHandle and Class::Struct where simply using open or a complex data structure a-la perlreftut would suffice. Both seem to slow his code down, without adding any degree of utility (clarity, maintainability, functionality). At least, in my eyes.

When I get the chance to work on his code, I have to resist the urge to re-write all of the calls to FileHandle and Class::Struct so they "look right". Just because it isn't the way I'd do it doesn't mean it's wrong; it's different.

fwiw, my co-worker likes to use FileHandle because he wants his code to be as object-oriented as possible. I'm not criticising you- I'm genuinely curious: why use FileHandle; in the code you posted?

blyman
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