John Krahn wrote:
> The way I've seen that done sometimes is like this:
>
> sub frobitz {
> my %opt = (
> name => 'blueberry',
> color => 'blue',
> texture => 'medium',
> price = 30,
> @_
> );
>
> # ... do something useful
> }
>
> The trailing keys and values in the list override the defaults if they are
> present. And of course that won't work for scalars or arrays.
>
Yeah -- I've seen that idiom used ... and it *IS* much faster, but
always leaves me with the feeling that it's overly obfuscated.
(Although maybe if I forced myself to use it more often I'd be more
comfortable with it... )
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