in reply to Compile time problem

Doesn't the first argument of open have to be a file handle, i.e, bare word (no sigil or my)?

Or does your problem have to do with evaluating $]?

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Re^2: Compile time problem
by FunkyMonk (Bishop) on Oct 06, 2007 at 15:24 UTC
    See open. The 3 argument open first appeared in perl 5.6 (first appearance in a production perl, anyway)

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