On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:55:06 +0100, Kiuhnm wrote:
>> I don't understand the reason for $arg1 and $arg2. Is there some reason >> why the code couldn't do this instead? >> >> my(@list1, @list2) = @_; > > @_ contains references to arrays. You can't pass two arrays to a > function. Why ever not? That seems like basic functionality to me. I can't imagine any modern language that lacks such a simple feature. Even Pascal allows you to pass arrays as arguments to functions. Is there some design principle that I'm missing that explains why Perl lacks this feature? -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
