Chris Wagner <> wrote: : I *always* call my own defined functions/subroutines with the & : prefix. It's just good practice. Allowing the & to be omitted : just encourages bad programming practices. And I'm sorry that : ur bad practice has finally caught up with u but pouting isn't : going to help anything. If u truly knew what u were doing u : would know about the reset function or atleast how to look it : up in the book. But I guess it's completely impracticle to : expect u to follow good practice in ur code.
Chris, I think this is more a style practice than a good programming practice. I always avoid & and many contributors to this list also seem to avoid it. Personally, I attach a strong perl 4 stigma to its use. I have very rarely seen it used in modules written in the last few years. When I see its use I immediately think "Oh crap, this guy is maintaining a really old script." Remembering the names of built-in functions becomes easier as we familiarize ourselves with perl or get better tools like syntax highlighting. HTH, Charles K. Clarkson -- Mobile Homes Specialist 254 968-8328 _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs