Larry Wall skribis 2005-05-06 10:19 (-0700): > If someone wants to use an array, I don't see why they wouldn't just use @.
Because it's an argument of a very generic function, and it could just as well be a subref or hashref. sub mypipe($receiver, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) { @list ==> $receiver } > my %result <== [;] @pairgenerators; > my %result{()} = 1 <== [;] @keygenerators; > Interestingly, reduction with [;] works at the top level and can't > be confused with statement-final semicolon. Nice. Juerd -- http://convolution.nl/maak_juerd_blij.html http://convolution.nl/make_juerd_happy.html http://convolution.nl/gajigu_juerd_n.html