Re: Alpaca Chap7 Question

2009-06-16 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> ""Thomas" == "Thomas H George" writes: Thomas> If all this is obvious as is stated on page 228, please pardon me for Thomas> taking up any readers' time but I would appreciate any confirmation Thomas> that I have thought it through correctly. If I have it wrong I do Thomas> need help. Tha

Re: Alpaca Chap7 Question

2009-06-15 Thread Jim Gibson
On 6/15/09 Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:26 PM, "Thomas H. George" scribbled: > I do not fully understand the solution to the problem, p77-78 & 237. > > First, the declaration of the array my @files in the subroutine > gather_mtime_between will be read every time find($gather, > $starting_directories) c

Alpaca Chap7 Question

2009-06-15 Thread Thomas H. George
I do not fully understand the solution to the problem, p77-78 & 237. First, the declaration of the array my @files in the subroutine gather_mtime_between will be read every time find($gather, $starting_directories) calls the subroutine. I take it the repeated declarations have no effect and since