Re: Beefier prototypes (was Re: Multiple for loop variables)

[Bart Lateur]

On 10 Sep 2000 00:33:43 -0400, Chaim Frenkel wrote:

>PS> Yes, please.  I view the flattening of lists as a feature, not a bug, and 
>PS> it has made Perl a lot easier to understand IMHO.
>
>I view it as a mis-feature.

I'm sorry to disagree. But flattening of argument lists is one of those
things that make Perl, Perl. Change it, and it's not Perl anymore.

There are hundreds of other (free) languages out there. Take your pick.

>One is unable to return multiple arrays,
>or to pass through multiple arrays without resorting to messy extra
>punctuation characters.

You can pass and return references. The thing gets quite a bit faster in
the process, too. If only Perl had a neater way to make aliases to the
arguments passed ( *ary = shift; looks very messy)...

-- 
        Bart.