Illuminations


Think about Loose Coupling
	PerlMonks

Illuminations

( #1233718=superdoc: print w/replies, xml )

Need Help??

Welcome to the Illuminations!

Here you will find questions (from the Seekers of Perl Wisdom section) which have been esteemed "Good".

These questions are organized with categories (aka tags or keywords).

In addition, "good" questions can have replies likewise designated as "good" (or "best").

When you're viewing the SoPW section or the threaded view of a question, all "good"/"best" questions & answers are indicated with a nice golden star: ⭐

Good Questions in categories (subroutines)

Can I make recursive calls to subroutines? — 2⭐ / 2
Is it better to return a hash of hashes or a reference to a hash of hashes? — 2⭐ / 4
Running subroutines asynchronously — 3⭐ / 4
Is it computationally expensive to return a large string (50-100 kB) from a sub? — 2⭐ / 2
Subroutine args by-value vs. by-ref — 1⭐ / 2
Why does my subroutine not receive the scalar parameter as $_? — 1⭐ / 3
Can I get a subroutine's name from inside the subroutine? — 1⭐ / 1
How do I pass more than one array or hash to a subroutine — 2⭐ / 2
What is the difference between 'local' and 'my'? — 2⭐ / 5
calling a sub using its name assigned to a variable ? — 1⭐ / 2
How do I place a subroutine in an external file and call it? — 1⭐ / 1
Do I write one large program or lots of small programs? — 1⭐ / 1
Subroutine accessible as yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/foo.pl?foo — 1⭐ / 2
How to deal with undefined returned variables. — 2⭐ / 4
Is it possible to do pass by reference in Perl? — 5⭐ / 6
Defining a subroutine one of two ways depending on whether a package exists — 1⭐ / 2

Chatterbox^?

How do I use this? | Other CB clients

Other Users^?

Others examining the Monastery: (2)

As of 2021-05-19 02:20 GMT

Sections^?

Information^?

Find Nodes^?

Leftovers^?

Voting Booth^?

Perl 7 will be out ...

Results (186 votes). Check out past polls.

Notices^?