[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 3/3/2004 5:15:57 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >testsub(@abc, $x, $y);
> >
> >sub testsub(@$$)
> >{
> > (@abc, $x, $y) = @_;
> > print "Array @abc\n";
> > print "x $x\n";
> > print "y $y\n";
> >}
>
> sub testsub ([EMAIL PROTECTED]);
> @abc = (1, 2, 3);
> $x = 3;
> $y = 4;
> testsub @abc, $x, $y; #parens now optional
Yes, but at a price in clarity. What he is really passing in the above is a
scalar. Especially for newcomers to the language, using an array symbol for the
argument makes it harder to see the difference, IMHO.
Joseph
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