That was here and it was wrong. The only reason to not use a filehandle of DATA is in case you will want to upgrade your script to have an __END__ section (or your module to have a __DATA__ section).

So I agree that it is a good idea to not use DATA as a file handle, but I disagree that doing so will cause problems with the script (just potential maintenance problems).

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")