For the sake of maintainability though I think I will avoid using this crafty method.
It is not at all clear to me why you think it need be a maintenance problem. Just wrap it over in a function something like:
sub getWithStatus {
my $url = shift;
my $content;
open my $RAM, '>', \$content;
my $stdoutsaved = select;
select *$RAM;
my $status = getprint( $url );
select $stdoutsaved;
close $RAM;
return $status, $content;
}
...
my( $status, $content ) = getWithStatus( $url );
if( $status ne RC_OK ) {
die "Get $url failed with HTTP status: $status";
}
...
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