On 5 December 2001 14:49, abigail@foad.org [mailto:abigail@foad.org] wrote: > On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 08:37:49AM -0600, Richard_Cox@Dell.com wrote: > > > > With fixes for Win2k's command shell, it does indeed work... > > > > perl -e "*{''} = sub {13}; print &{''}" > > > > The real question is of course, is this any use apart from > obfustication > > (clearly not for golf with such a long name)? > > > About as much use as &{"asdfu()132^^7q230"}. > > But noone ever questions the use of &{"asdfu()132^^7q230"}. Why should > &{""} need any special justification? > While (almost) no one would consider using &{"asdfu()132^^7q230"}, there is a perverse delight in having a function of zero-length name, which isn't anonymous... Richard Cox Senior Software Developer Dell Technology Online All opinions and statements mine and do not in any way (unless expressly stated) imply anything at all on behalf of my employerThread Previous | Thread Next