On 2 Jul 2003 at 8:07, Abigail wrote: > On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 02:37:16PM -0400, Bernie Cosell wrote: > > > > "Give you anything" isn't really the point -- Perl is filled with > > multiple ways to do things and the simple argument that you can do > > something similar using some other mechanism is rarely determinative. > > I can't think of a single Perl construct that does only one thing, > and that can be done with about the same number of keystrokes > by a more general construct.
How about "our"? And in your number of keystrokes did you include that in normal use the subroutine would end up with a specious extra level of indentation for the extra block-construct it takes? /bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <--
