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=head1 TITLE
Eliminate bareword filehandles.
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Peter Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 4 Aug 2000
Last Modified: 29 Aug 2000
Version: 2
Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Status: Frozen
Number: 33
=head1 ABSTRACT
Now that scalars (objects) can be used for filehandles, the bareword form
should be eliminated.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The venerable bareword form of the filehandle leads to code that is
unnecessarily abstruse given that they can now be stored in
scalars. Bareword filehandles are not lexical, and require the use of
typeglobs and C<local> to pass them to subroutines, concepts unnecessarily
advanced for such a beginner-type operation.
=head1 IMPLEMENTATION
Easy, hopefully.
=head1 REFERENCES
L<perlvar/"Typeglobs and Filehandles">
