I just belive in establishing "Best Practices". If it is better for one instance, and has no negative effect in any instance, why not make a habit of always doing it the "best" way? Granted there are a million instances in which a bareword filehandle will not hurt you... But there are as many instances in which putting a gun to your temple and pulling the trigger will not kill you... but that still doesn't mean you should do it.

Update: Please enlighten me: when would it be "impossible" to use a lexical scalar over a bareword filehandle? If there is such a situation... I cannot imagine it.

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In reply to Re^7: Sub Return Value Help by JediWizard
in thread Sub Return Value Help by Anonymous Monk

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