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>
> Don't forget though that defaults come from expressions, not mere
> values.
>
> sub f($x, $y = lc($x), $z = substr($y, 0, 5)) { ... }
>
> Here, it would be easy to say that:
>
> * min arity is 1
> * max arity is 3
> * parameter names are qw( $x $y $z )
>
> but there isn't a simple representation for the defaults.
>
>
you can provide it as a list of parameter descriptions, in this case
[
{
name => 'x',
sigil => '$',
positional => true,
required => true,
},
{
name => 'y',
sigil => '$',
positional => true,
required => false,
default => true,
},
{
name => 'z',
sigil => '$',
positional => true,
required => false,
default => true,
}
]
in case of slurpy argument:
sigil => '@'
or
sigil => '%'
Best regards,
Brano
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