Re: general subroutine question

On 8/30/06, Derek B. Smith <derekbellnersmith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Why is it so many people on the list are sarcastic???

Many enjoy being that way. Some enjoy helping people at this list and
others, but get tired sometimes and forget they can only ignore what
they thought to be a not-so-clear question and leave others to answer
(if they feel so) and save flames to a stronger argument.

Is there an inheriant Perl
rule, one that does not require you to code one up,
that disallows a subroutine to pass too may arguments
to another subrountine or scalar?

Likewise, is there a inheriant Perl rule, one that
does not require you to code one up, that disallows a
subroutine to store too many arguments in @_?

No. There's nothing like that in Perl. Even prototypes can be
circumvented. It is all there where Christian pointed to

perldoc perlsub

Look there for "Prototypes".

Regards.
.

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