Joachim suggested:
> >Wow! Hold it! Am I the only one who finds this absurd? More than one
> >shift on the same array in one single expressing, sounds
> like bad style
> >to me. Comments?
>
> In one of my programs, this would be
>
> sub commify {
> my $max = shift;
> my $sep = shift;
> my $end = shift;
>
> ...
> }
>
> better or even worse in your view?
Clearer, but just as bad IMHO. I've always done it as
sub subroutine(
my ($list, &of, $variables) = @_;
# rest of code here
}
It's how it's always shown in the Cookbook & what have you.
Matt
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