Re^5: help with error 'readline() on unopened filehandle' (precedence, or not ||)

[Anonymous Monk]

in reply to Re^4: help with error 'readline() on unopened filehandle'
in thread help with error 'readline() on unopened filehandle'

Different guy here, see Tutorials: Basic debugging checklist , run your code to B::Deparse, then use or instead of || , it is a classic precedence pitfall, see || die or or die :), "or die" versus "|| die"

[Anonymous Monk]

bah, corrected link "or die" versus "|| die", and two more To || or not to or and why., Perl Idioms Explained - && and || "Short Circuit" operators