Re: general subroutine question
Derek B. Smith wrote:
Is there a commonly known way or method to limit the
number of arguments that a subroutine can store or
pass?
First, don't use prototypes. Even if that's what they were designed
for, eventually they'll break your code.
use Carp;
sub only3 {
croak "only3 called with too many arguments" if @_ > 3;
#do whatever you need to with @_
}
Paul Lalli
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