On 5/31/05, david d zuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this is a pretty fundamental change in > perl that ought to be made a bit clearer (it's not in the p5->p6 porting > guide, for example).
Agreed. I remembered this being discussed by Abigail. Found it here: http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=346083 It references A12 - "methods": Parentheses are required on the dot notation if there are any arguments (not counting adverbial arguments). There may be no space between the method name and the left parenthesis unless you use the dot form of parentheses: .doit # okay, no arguments .doit() # okay, no arguments .doit () # ILLEGAL (two terms in a row) .doit.() # okay, no arguments, same as .doit() .doit .() # okay, no arguments, same as .doit() Carl
