On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 06:02:21PM -0400, Steve Grazzini wrote: > On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 02:18:40PM -0700, David Storrs wrote: > > I've got a function that takes several arguments, the first of > > which should be a scalar (specifically, a string). I'd like to > > have a precondition to verify that the argument is, in fact, a > > scalar. > > I'll recommend that you *don't* try to do this. If a user of > your function wants to do > > my @args = (133, $x, $y); > your_function(@args); > > you shouldn't mind[*]. The array will get flattened into a list > of scalars, and the numeric value will automatically get converted > into a string as soon as you use it as a string.
Oh, I wasn't worried about getting a number; that I can deal with fine. I was more worried about getting, e.g., a reference (if the argument were accidentally given out of order). Take the length of a ref or trying to run a regex on it tends to not work. I suppose I could just use named parameters. Anyway, thank you. --Dks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
