Re: Subs (Placement when Prototyping)

On a side note...

If you use prototypes and the sub appears on the bottom (or after the invocation), the prototype will not work as intended. You'll get a "main::subroutine called too early to check prototype" warning and the prototype will not/cannot be checked. When using prototypes, you'll need to either place the sub before its invocation or declare the sub and its prototype:

sub prototest($); # declare sub and prototype 

prototest( 4 ); # dies if no param or more than 1 param is passed

sub prototest($){
    print '1, 2, 3, ', @_;
}
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-or-

sub prototest($){
    print '1, 2, 3, ', @_;
}
prototest( 4 ); # dies if no param or more than 1 param is passed
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