Thanks for tips posters.. "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You should _always_ verify that the file opened successfully. > > open(FILE,">somefile") or die "Cannot open 'somefile' $!"; Not being argumentative here but I've seen this said before. Not really sure why it is important. I mean why is the open action singled out for this protection. It seems other actions could also cause a misfired script? >> print FILE "An extra numeral <" . &lctime . "> appears\n"; > ^ > You shouldn't use ampersands unless you need the different behavior they > provide. > > print FILE "An extra numeral <" . lctime() . "> appears\n"; I use them simply for recognition in my own code. I wasn't aware of different behavior from the () indicator. Can you aim me at some documentation for elaboration? > You should probably be using POSIX::strftime instead which is simpler > and faster. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
