going to a certain line number is much faster and easier than grepping or searching

Not in my experience. A line number is harder to hold in your head, so you probably have to copy-and-paste it from wherever (browser, email, log, ...) into the jump-to-line feature of your text editor. As opposed to just hitting ctrl-S and typing the first N characters of a phrase. By the time you get to the second word, you're there usually there.

I always thought the filename and line number included in the error message

If you're getting the error message from a logfile or at the command prompt maybe. If an end user sees the message and tries to remember it to tell you, the chances of a full filepath coming through accurately, much less a line number, are vanishingly close to zero. A phrase like "Twinkies and Spandex" is significantly more likely to get to you intact.

;$;=sub{$/};@;=map{my($a,$b)=($_,$;);$;=sub{$a.$b->()}} split//,".rekcah lreP rehtona tsuJ";$\=$;[-1]->();print

In reply to Re: Perl Style: About error messges opening files by jonadab
in thread Perl Style: About error messges opening files by demerphq

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