On 8/3/06, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > nah... they're doing some shortcutting. > my $scalar = shift; > > is the same thing as saying: > > my $scalar = shift @_; > > Depending on the context, it could be pulling parameters off of a function > call or pulling the first item off of "the current thing".
That mistake doesn't make me feel so good about what I have learned so far in Perl, since I am just finishing up Learning Perl 4th edition. I guess making mistakes makes you remember not to do that again, and remember there is lots of shortcuts that can be used =). _______________________________________________ kc mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/kc
