Re^2: Directly assigning Filehandle

Unfortunately, the three argument open is not backwards compatible with 5.6.x. OTOH,
open my $fh,"< $name" or die "can't open $name; $!";
would work.

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Re^3: Directly assigning Filehandle by chromatic (Archbishop) on May 04, 2005 at 16:18 UTC
5.6.x introduced both lexical filehandles and three-argument open.	[reply]
Re^4: Directly assigning Filehandle by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 04, 2005 at 16:23 UTC
oops, you're right. I tested it before posting, but I must have had a mistake in my test.	[reply]