Re^2: Cache Subroutine Return Value

I would make the following additional change: If the open() fails, throw an exception (die), rather than returning a value which is indistinguishable from a valid first line. (An empty string is what you'd get if the file contains 0 bytes.)

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Re^3: Cache Subroutine Return Value by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Aug 11, 2004 at 15:06 UTC
Huh. Never knew that. It actually returns undef, not the empty string, which is what `return;` will send back to the caller. Updated. ------ We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age. Then there are Damian modules.... sigh* ... that's not about being less-lazy -- that's about being on some really good drugs -- you know, there is no spoon.* - flyingmoose I shouldn't have to say this, but any code, unless otherwise stated, is untested	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: Cache Subroutine Return Value
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Aug 11, 2004 at 15:06 UTC

return;

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We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age.

Then there are Damian modules.... *sigh* ... that's not about being less-lazy -- that's about being on some really good drugs -- you know, there is no spoon. - flyingmoose

I shouldn't have to say this, but any code, unless otherwise stated, is untested

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