Re: AUTOLOAD, this time distinct from AUTOSUB etc (and spelt correctly)

2005-06-20 Thread Rod Adams
Sam Vilain wrote: It seems these requirements are still in conflict; - Preserving AUTOLOAD thou-shalt-make-the-call semantics - Keeping the new $AUTOLOAD off the argument stack for AUTOLOAD() - Use of $_ as an out-of-band way of passing arguments to a function cannot be

Re: AUTOLOAD, this time distinct from AUTOSUB etc (and spelt correctly)

2005-06-20 Thread Sam Vilain
Rod Adams wrote: I never liked the idea of out-of-band arguments. Either something is passed, is available due to being in a broader scope, or can be gleamed from introspection. ok. First of all, I agree with the basic sentiment. However, to play devil's advocate and re-interpret what you