--- "D. Bolliger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Derek B. Smith am Mittwoch, 30. August 2006 20:44: > > > 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 > > > > > ##################################################### > > > > Why is it so many people on the list are > sarcastic??? > > example from Dani: "Could you, long time posting > > list member, clarify your > > question?" > > Sarcasm was not intended - I'm simply not a native > english speaker and I don't > mention it in every post :-) > > What I wanted to say - without offending you - was: > You asked a lot of > questions, therefore have a lot of experience with > this list, and should know > that and how the questions influnce the answers. As > more precise the > question, as more precise the answer can be (mostly > not from me ;-) ). > ["precise" is hardly the correct english word, > but...] > > > This does not help the situation. > > Anyway, I will claify. Is there an inheriant Perl > > rule, one that does not require you to code one > up, > > that disallows a subroutine to pass too may > arguments > > to another subrountine > > I don't know of such a thing. How should such a > feature "don't allow too many > arguments without coding something that specifies > 'many'" be implemented? > > Christian mentioned prototypes, maybe that's what > you're looking for, but they > should be avoided, they do more than just defined > the maximum of possible > arguments, and involve some sort of "coding". > > > or scalar? > > I never heard of a way to pass arguments to (normal) > scalars in perl. Somebody > else may know more. > > > Likewise, is there a inheriant Perl rule, one that > > does not require you to code one up, that > disallows a > > subroutine to store too many arguments in @_? > > > > If not then yes your example will suffice. > > I don't think there is such a rule, but wait for > other answers. > > > Dani >
I was not offended, just a little bothered b/c I am only trying to learn more. Yes, now I see how I should of been more precise and yes that word fits well in this context, but all in all my question was answered and I am reading the perldoc. cherri'O derek __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>