>>>>> "Jeremy" == Jeremy Zawodny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> What's wrong with just throwing an exception (as in "die") when you
>> find the right hit?
Jeremy> I dunno... die() and exceptions usually indicate a failure of some
Jeremy> sort--not success. There ought to be a way (or maybe more than one)
Jeremy> to tell File::Find to stop.
Well, stopping before the full scan is an "exceptional" event. I'm
perfectly fine with using an exception mechanism to perform the task.
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