--- "D. Bolliger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Derek B. Smith am Mittwoch, 30. August 2006 20:44:
> > > store where?
> > >
> > > > or pass?
> > >
> > > pass to what?
> > >
> > >
> > > Did you mean: Is there a way for a subroutine to
> > > react to a call with to many
> > > arguments?
> > >
> > > sub accept_max_5_arguments {
> > > die 'too many arguments!' if @_ > 5;
> > > }
> > >
> > > sub accept_max_x_arguments { # apart from the
> first
> > > my $maxargs=shift;
> > > die 'too many arguments!' if @_ > $maxargs;
> > > }
> > >
> > > If this does not help: Could you, long time
> posting
> > > list member, clarify your
> > > question?
> > >
> > > Dani
> >
> >
>
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> >
> > Why is it so many people on the list are
> sarcastic???
> > example from Dani: "Could you, long time posting
> > list member, clarify your
> > question?"
>
> Sarcasm was not intended - I'm simply not a native
> english speaker and I don't
> mention it in every post :-)
>
> What I wanted to say - without offending you - was:
> You asked a lot of
> questions, therefore have a lot of experience with
> this list, and should know
> that and how the questions influnce the answers. As
> more precise the
> question, as more precise the answer can be (mostly
> not from me ;-) ).
> ["precise" is hardly the correct english word,
> but...]
>
> > This does not help the situation.
> > Anyway, I will claify. Is there an inheriant Perl
> > rule, one that does not require you to code one
> up,
> > that disallows a subroutine to pass too may
> arguments
> > to another subrountine
>
> I don't know of such a thing. How should such a
> feature "don't allow too many
> arguments without coding something that specifies
> 'many'" be implemented?
>
> Christian mentioned prototypes, maybe that's what
> you're looking for, but they
> should be avoided, they do more than just defined
> the maximum of possible
> arguments, and involve some sort of "coding".
>
> > or scalar?
>
> I never heard of a way to pass arguments to (normal)
> scalars in perl. Somebody
> else may know more.
>
> > Likewise, is there a inheriant Perl rule, one that
> > does not require you to code one up, that
> disallows a
> > subroutine to store too many arguments in @_?
> >
> > If not then yes your example will suffice.
>
> I don't think there is such a rule, but wait for
> other answers.
>
>
> Dani
>
I was not offended, just a little bothered b/c I am
only trying to learn more. Yes, now I see how I
should of been more precise and yes that word fits
well in this context, but all in all my question was
answered and I am reading the perldoc.
cherri'O
derek
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