> On 11 Jun 2008 11:44:39 +0300, sawyer x wrote: > > > > There is only one reason to use prototypes and that's for nifty and > > nice looking functions that don't require parenthesis > > Mikhael Goikhman replied: > > You forgot to add "IMHO", because without it this clame is false.
[edan] Sorry, but I have to jump in here. I think "IMHO" can be considered to be implied when anyone makes a statement about anything other than a pure raw fact - anything else is obviously only the opinion of the author. I guess you could argue whether "humble" is implied, but "opinion" certainly is. But I find it kind of ironic that you jump on his case about a so-called "false claim" that is not only his own opinion (so how can it be false?), but is shared by the authors of perl's own documentation. From perldoc perlop: "Prototypes ... Because the intent of this feature is primarily to let you define sub-routines that work like built-in functions ..." Which is basically what sawyer x said. Food for thought. --edan _______________________________________________ Perl mailing list [email protected] http://perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl
