Re: Check if a given function returns something

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 4:28 PM, MK <halfcountplus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

# do not "use strict"

Why not?

The purpose of
return is to exit the subroutine at some arbitrary point and the return
value is limited (usually to indicate "success" or "failure").

What does "the return value is limited" mean? Can you give a concrete
example of what you're talking about?

--Tom Phoenix
Stonehenge Perl Training
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