Hi all,

I've got a program that instantiates a Spreadsheet::ParseExcel object, immediately calls a method to parse a spreadsheet, and never needs to use the object again. I had originally written the relevant code something like this: 

my $parser = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel->new();
my $book = $parser->Parse($filename);

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But since the only place I end up using the object I constructed is in that second line, I found myself wondering if it wouldn't be cleaner to simply do this: my $book = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel->new()->Parse($filename);

I'm wondering if other monks approve of this condensed form, or if it seems awkward or might have undesirable side effects I haven't considered. Thoughts?

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