in reply to Re^2: using lexically scoped variable as a filehandle
in thread using lexically scoped variable as a filehandle

agreed, shmem, i wish more people would follow that advice. even though 99% of the time close() will not fail, it's always that 1% that ends up biting you in the ass :o

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