Isn't that a null point? If they don't exist then this endeavour is dangerous no matter the method you go about it - translating perl to python doesn't ensure i

Isn't that a null point? If they don't exist then this endeavour is dangerous no matter the method you go about it - translating perl to python doesn't ensure its a 1-1 mapping functionality wise, and if you're going to rewrite it in idomatic python anyway....