Re^5: Global symbol requires explicit package name

[greengaroo]

Yes, but you can still use an ArrayRef, with the square brackets:

    scalar_and_array_sub($foo, $bar, [@values[1..5]]);
    scalar_and_array_sub($foo, $bar, [$value1, $value2, $value3]);
    scalar_and_array_sub($foo, $bar, [split(/\s/, $string)]);

But I agree with you, if you don't pass too many arguments, you should use an Array instead of an ArrayRef.

[ColonelPanic]

The first example doesn't provide equivalent functionality, however. When an array slice is passed normally, modifying @_ will modify the original array. But this makes an anonymous copy of the array slice, which is discarded after the function call.