note demerphq <em>Now I only use prototypes for making compile-time constants and to emulate map's and grep's ability to take bare blocks as code references (and this latter use is quite rare and really only gives a very minor benefit of not having to see "sub" in front of each block). </em> <p> Yeah the bare block trick was what I meant by 'unusual situations' :-) A quick question (which I could answer myself after a bit of testing, but it seems like a point that should be shared) doesn't it also coerce a statement into a block as well?<p> My second question is how do prototypes help you with compile time constants? I assume you are talking about something like <code> sub LOW_PRE_PI {3.141} </code> and I dont see where prototypes come into play. Am I missing something? <p> Yves / DeMerphq<br> -- <BR> <em>Have you registered your <b><A HREF="/index.pl?node=Name%20Space&lastnode_id=1072" NAME>Name Space</A></b>?</em> 124339 124413