En réponse à Piers Cawley <pdcawley@bofh.org.uk>: > "Bernie Cosell" <bernie@fantasyfarm.com> writes: > > Three questions: > > 1) is semicolon the ONLY puncuation mark that has this odd > > special-dispensation? > > Hell no: > > perl -e '*{" "} = sub {42}; print &{" "}' > > I can't pretend that I *like* this, but it has a certain cute insanity > to it. Since the symbol table is a hash, I'd say that the empty sub exists, too. perl -e '*{""} = sub {13}; print &{""}' I may be wrong, since this is not tested. I do not have Perl here. (I feel like I read that in Effective Perl Programming, but can't find it there) -- Philippe BRUHAT - BooK When you run from your problem, you make it that much harder for good fortune to catch you, as well. (Moral from Groo The Wanderer #14 (Epic))Thread Previous | Thread Next