Re^3: Determine whether file is dos or unix format

I second of all of what you wrote in this detailed and precise post. Only I feel like adding for completeness that re binmode, an alternative is given by layers/disciplines, and an IMHO clear one in terms of readability intelligibility. And I'm keen on do too, so all in all I'd rewrite the above like

my $text = do {
    open my $fh, '<:raw', 'test_file.txt'
      or die "Unable to open input file: $!\n";
    local $/;
    <$fh>;
};
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Re^4: Determine whether file is dos or unix format by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 29, 2005 at 16:16 UTC
`my $text = do { ... };` is slower than `my $text; { $text = ...; }` and requires twice as much memory. I agree that it looks nicer, and I usually use it for that reason.	[reply] [d/l] [select]