On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Peter Scott wrote:
> ObPerl: How to explain to a class of complete novices why parens are needed
> in my ($x, $y); but if you follow a general rule of "put parens in
> everywhere until you figure out where you can leave them out" you get
> benign warnings "foo(...) interpreted as function"...
Can you give an example of real-world, correct code which causes a
"benign" warning about something being interpreted as a function? As far
as I can see, if you get that warning, there's something you should be
attentive to. But maybe your dictionary defines "benign" differently than
mine. :-)
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