On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 22:55 +0200, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Inside a sub, shift without a parameter will shift @_. Outside a sub, > > it will shift @ARGV. Since it does two different things in different > > context, always give it a parameter. Things that do different things > > should look different. > > No. > > Or, more charitably, your first two sentences are (mostly) correct but I > think you might find yourself fighting a losing battle with the last > two, both philosophically and with your specific suggestion.
"Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct." Larry Wall I wasn't the first to have the idea. -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Linux is obsolete. -- Andrew Tanenbaum -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/