Derek B. Smith am Mittwoch, 30. August 2006 19:56: > All, > > Is there a commonly known way or method to limit the > number of arguments that a subroutine can > store
store where? > or pass? pass to what? Did you mean: Is there a way for a subroutine to react to a call with to many arguments? sub accept_max_5_arguments { die 'too many arguments!' if @_ > 5; } sub accept_max_x_arguments { # apart from the first my $maxargs=shift; die 'too many arguments!' if @_ > $maxargs; } If this does not help: Could you, long time posting list member, clarify your question? Dani -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>