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Re: What is %_by Russ (Deacon) |
on May 16, 2000 at 06:50 UTC ( [id://11812]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Thanks for the posts so far.
I've searched the perl-porters mailing list archive. Other than obfuscated .sigs, etc., I've only found one thought-provoking mention (in a comment in a patch) of %_. The author says (something like) "Someday, we may have to change the %_ hack." Anyone know if %_ has a specific purpose, or is it an artifact of the typeglob creation, per takshaka?
Follow-up question... Other than declaring it local (which suggests some deeper meaning in and of itself), how would you feel about code (a subroutine) which stores its named arguments in %_? Does this help or hinder self-documentation? Russ P.S. Why can't I "maintain" my original post? I would prefer to simply edit it, rather than make a new post for updates...
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