"Wiggins d'Anconia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] > if you don't mind dieing, or I often prefer using 'unless' then I > don't need to worry about a dangling else, so similar to what you have > above, In this case I do. > > unless (open(FILE, "<$file")) { > warn "Failed open: $!"; > return; > } Ah thanks, yes that look like what I was after.... thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>