> -----Original Message----- > From: John W. Krahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 11:48 AM > To: Perl Beginners > Subject: Re: Passing a hash to a function > > Bjørge Solli wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 July 2006 16:45, John W. Krahn wrote: > >>Leonid Grinberg wrote: > >>>sub function > >>>{ > >>> my %operating_systems = &populate_hash(%operating_systems); > >> my %operating_systems = populate_hash(%operating_systems); > > > > Why do you want to remove the ampersand? In /the Llama book/, including > the > > ampersand is what they teach you. > > Do you want to field that one Randal or Tom? :-)
Or pick up a copy of Conway's 'Perl Best Practices'. Read pages 175-177. There are a few subtle context-related issues that could arise from using the ampersand. ry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
