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From:
Graham Barr
Date:
August 13, 2001 23:51
Subject:
Re: Perl 6 modules plan
Message ID:
20010814075006.I7667@pobox.com
On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 04:38:43PM -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:
> And allow flexible calling styles. For example, you might say:
>
> # import args() for argument validation
> use Module::Interface qw/args/;
>
> sub my_func (@) {
> my %args = args({ positional => [qw/name email phone/] }, @_);
> }
>
> Which would allow you to call your function two different ways:
>
> my_func($name, $email, $phone);
> my_func(name => $name, email => $email, phone => $phone);
This is the king of thing that CGI does, and IMO is exactly what we don't want.
There should be ONE calling style for each sub/method. Allowing this _will_
cause different people to use different calling styles and also possible
confusion.
Graham.
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