Is there a way to inplace edit using XML::Twig, or have I got to go through the pain of creating a temporary file and replacing the original? Is there a better way to do that than the following?

    # Edit the manifest
    my $saveStdOut = select;
    my $manifestOut;
    open $manifestOut, '>', "$manifestPath.new";
    select $manifestOut;

    $sub = bindArgs (\&insertFiles, $absDir, \@fileList);
    my $twig = XML::Twig->new (
        discard_spaces => 1,
        pretty_print => 'indented',
        twig_roots => {'sourceFiles' => $sub,}, # Insert file list
        twig_print_outside_roots => 1, # Print the rest
        );
    
    $twig->parsefile ($manifestPath);
    select $saveStdOut;
    close $manifestOut;
    
    unlink $manifestPath;
    rename $manifestPath . '.new', $manifestPath;

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