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steve
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Mar 30, 2000, 4:30 AM

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Simple question... Can't Post
Hello,

What is the difference between calling a sub routine with the "&" and without?

What is the difference between this:
$variable = &name_sub_routine()

and this:
$variable = name_sub_routine()

Thanks,
Steve


japhy
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Mar 30, 2000, 5:00 AM

Post #2 of 2 (362 views)
Re: Simple question... [In reply to] Can't Post
The 'perlsub' documentation does a better job of explaining this, but I will paraphrase.

1. function() -- if function() has prototypes, they will be honored

2. &function() -- prototypes are NOT honored

3. &function -- the same as saying &function(@_)

In most cases, you really don't need the & sign -- it's from Perl 4 code, most likely.

 
 


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