On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 05:18:49PM -0400, Amir Karger wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 04:50:48PM +0100, Jose Abilio Oliveira Matos wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 08:49:49AM -0400, Amir Karger wrote:
> >
> > > I'm pretty sure that the problem here is that you're missing a &.
> > > I think you have to write:
> > >
> > > $LyX_Preamble .= &{$Geometry_Options{$op}}();
> > >
> > > That is, $Geometry_Options{$op} is a reference to a subroutine, so you need
> > > to &{...}() it to actually call the subroutine.
> >
> > Or the other option from Yves, no?
> > $Geometry_Options{$op}->()
>
> Yeah, that's OK too.
Actually I have choosen your alternative, I really dislike the ()->, grrr...
(sorry Yves, nothing personal, on the other hand since today is friday it
is after all).
> > I only know some of the basics and it made lots of sense that if I define
> > an annonomous function to call it only adding the parentheses, that is
> > equivalent to prefixing it with an &.
>
> Right. So it's just that Perl didn't have the sophisticated understanding of
> $foo(bar) beforehand. (Of course, this opens up the possibility of bugs,
> because I sometimes write $foo(bar) when I meant $foo[bar]. Leftover habit
> from BASIC, I guess.)
I'm disapointed with you, you were my idol. Now all is lost, and nothing
makes sense. Thanks for this friday Amir, you destroyed my dreams to become
a great perl programmer.
> -Amir
PS: Even after your deeds, I have destroyed all the evidences that there
were times when you didn't remember to use push. Now even c++ has it...
--
José
