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Re: Re-2: Encoding wonders

by dimmesdale (Friar)
on Jun 15, 2001 at 03:58 UTC ( [id://88678]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re-2: Encoding wonders
in thread Encoding wonders

From the perlfunc::open section of the site(aslo the perl manpages):
If EXPR is omitted, the scalar variable of the same name as the FILEHANDLE contains the filename.
That means that if an open is called like open 0 then 0 is the filehandle, and the "scalar variable" to open. Take, for instance, this example from perlfunc::open:
$ARTICLE = 100; open ARTICLE or die "Can't find article $ARTICLE: $!\n"; while (<ARTICLE>) {...
If your asking why, as in why is it that way, I'd presume its for brevity and ease, as in:
$LOG = '/path/to/log/file/'; open LOG;

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Re-6: Encoding wonders
by John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) on Jun 15, 2001 at 05:27 UTC
    It's probably one of those assume-for-you shortcuts that either didn't take off, nobody remembers anymore, or is from one of the source lanauges.

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