Re: Re: Re: Declaring variables - is it legal to do this?

[Belgarion]

I believe most code uses the same methods as japhy's example above. I know I've never used the (..., undef, ...) method, but I have used the (...)[0,1,4] method many times. Granted, my experience doesn't include everyone, but I don't recall seeing the undef example in any Perl documentation, while japhy's example (if I recall correctly) is shown.

However, as always it's just a personal opinion. :)

[TilRMan]

I've always used:

(my $name, my $dept, undef, my $status) = get_info();

but I can't remember why. Did 5.00[45] allow this syntax? I guess I don't have to anymore.