On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 16:27:24 +0200 Shlomi Fish <shlo...@shlomifish.org> wrote:
> #!/usr/bin/perl > > use strict; > use warnings; > > my $sub_ref = sub { return time() + 30 }; > > print "Sub-ref call is: ", scalar( $sub_ref->() ), "\n"; Why not just use a sub? sub time_delay { my $delay = shift @_; return time() + $delay; } The only time you would need a sub reference would be if it is a callback sub for a module not written by your company. -- Don't stop where the ink does. Shawn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/