> "Jenda" == Jenda Krynicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jenda> I think the nicest example is
Jenda> use File::Copy;
Jenda> copy $source => $destination;
[edited slightly]
The big problem with using the big arrow there is when you have
constants:
use constant TEMPLATE => '/usr/lib/tem
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Randal L. Schwartz)
> > "Jenda" == Jenda Krynicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Jenda> I think the nicest example is
>
> Jenda>use File::Copy;
> Jenda>copy $source => $destination;
> [edited slightly]
>
> The big problem with using the big arrow t
> "Jenda" == Jenda Krynicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> So, in general, I actively discourage the use of fatarrow as a funny
>> comma, unless that use is to explicitly quote the left argument.
Jenda> One has to know the implications.
Exactly. So it's one of those trickier things, that w
From: Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Jan 27, Jenda Krynicky said:
>
> >> use constant TEMPLATE => '/usr/lib/templates/foo.html';
> >> use File::Copy;
> >> copy TEMPLATE => $destination;
> >
> >I usualy write constants with the &. So that when I make a
From: Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Prototypes can be avoided by prepending a & to the function call --
> that's just the way it goes. That way, you can say:
>
> $avg = &average([]);
>
> if you really wanted to. I don't condone this, personally.
> Now, what a
