thanks. i came up with this based off the chatterbox:

module: 
sub open_file {
        my ($mode, $file) = @_;
        my $fh = gensym();
        open $fh, "$mode$file" or croak("could not open '$file': $!");
        return \*$fh;
}

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file: 
my $LOG = open_file('<','log.txt');
while(<$LOG>) { print; }

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why will this not work?

open $fh, $mode, $file or croak("could not open '$file': $!");

which gives:

Too many arguments for open at MyPackage.pm line 55, near "$file or" BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./moduletest.pl line 4.

In reply to Re^2: modules, exporting, and indirect filehandles by eff_i_g
in thread modules, exporting, and indirect filehandles by eff_i_g

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