--- Mark Salazar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was recently bitten by this, and it's not clear to me (and others) > if this is correct Perl behavior or not. > If you have a user defined function 'func' that returns a list and > you'd like to sort that return value it's reasonable to try: > sort(func(@list)); > > but apparently Perl interprets this as: > sort func @list; > > thereby using 'func' as an ordering function instead of first > processing '@list' with 'func' then sorting. Now I've read the stuff > on page 1 of PERLFUNC(1) about parenthesis and whitespace being > optional, but still this just strikes me as wrong. No? lol -- never been bitten by that one, but it makes sense. Nasty, but one of those things. Add a & in front of func to tell sort "this is not for you". =o) print sort &func(@list); ===== print "Just another Perl Hacker\n"; # edited for readability =o) ============================================================= Real friends are those whom, when you inconvenience them, are bothered less by it than you are. -- me. =o) ============================================================= "There are trivial truths and there are great Truths. The opposite of a trival truth is obviously false. The opposite of a great Truth is also true." -- Neils Bohr __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
