Re^3: Send e-mail using perl

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It's the old Perl4-style sub call syntax, and means "ignore prototype" and (if no arguments are passed), "make current @_ visible to subroutine" (perlsub)

Its use is discouraged but it doesn't seem to be harmful. Personally, I just view it as ugly and a hint that "this user learned Perl from tutorials written in 1995"

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Re^4: Send e-mail using perl by Jenda (Abbot) on Aug 07, 2012 at 22:56 UTC
The prototypes are fine, it's the "current @_" that I meant. There's a big and likely hard to debug difference between `&foo();` and `&foo;`. Jenda Enoch was right! Enjoy the last years of Rome.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Send e-mail using perl by flexvault (Monsignor) on Aug 07, 2012 at 17:21 UTC
AM, And if the user started using Perl in 1996, then I would expect that to be true! "Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin	[reply]

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