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From:
Paul.G
Date:
April 19, 2012 05:07
Subject:
Re: & and subroutine
Message ID:
1334837222.51832.YahooMailNeo@web39304.mail.mud.yahoo.com
Thanks for everyone's assistance, I think I have my answer. I will be looking closer at the comments.
cheers
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From: Michael Rasmussen <michael@jamhome.us>
To: beginners@perl.org
Sent: Tuesday, 17 April 2012 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: & and subroutine
And for what it's worth.
113. Call subroutines with parentheses but without a leading &
That's from Damian Conway's Perl Best Practices
A quick reference to the 256 guidelines is found at
http://refcards.com/docs/vromansj/perl-best-practices/refguide.pdf
And a bit of luck, the entire chapter on subroutines, including the many reasons
to prefer () to & is online:
http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Perl/Subroutines-in-Perl/
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