Why not make it a hash? my $sub = { ref => \&test, params => [$sockethandle] }; $sub->{ref}->(@{$sub->{params}});
sub test { my $socket = shift; # ... } ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "$Bill Luebkert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 8:19 PM Subject: Re: references > hello again, > > > > hello all, > > > > > > here is a ref/deref problem > > > > > > I need to take a socket handle, convert it to a socket ref, then a scaler > > > string > > > > > > A bit later in the same script, I need to take that scaler string and turn > > it > > > back to a socket ref, and deref it back to the socket handle. > > > > Maybe instead of asking for the way to implement your solution, you should > > describe the complete problem and see if we can come up with an alternate > > solution that is a little less convoluted. :) > > let me clarify my problem. > > I have a reference of a subroutine. > > eg. > > $sub = "test"; > > ..deref and execute > > &$sub; > > ... > > sub test { > my ($sockethandle,$blah...) = @_; > ..do something > } > ........ > > in order to pass the paramenters, i decided to do this : > > sub main { > > my $sub = "test|$sockethandle"; > ($sub,@_) = split(/\|/,$sub); > > $⊂ > } > > > if this is to work correctly, I need to take a socket handle, convert it to a > socket ref, then a scaler, so i can pass it as a parameter. in order to use the > socket later, i have to take the scaler, convert it to the socket ref, then > dereference it. > > Is there an easier way to pass parameters with a subroutine reference? > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-Users mailing list > Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs