[c0ncrete]

i'm going to have to disagree with your assertion about if/elsif, simply because it's good practice. getting into the habit of using only if statements without using other means of flow control will cause unexpected issues and will make things more difficult to troubleshoot. explicit is always better than implicit in these situations, and not allowing the script to continue looking for a match when you have the only one you need in a subroutine is a good thing.