A sub is a method right, so I assumed its called like one.
Prototypes change how the parser interprets the syntax of a call when Perl compiles the program. It's easy to figure out which apply() function gets called when you write:
sub apply_arguments
{
my ($item, @args) = @_;
for my $arg (@args)
{
apply( $item, @args );
}
}
It's much more difficult to figure out which apply() method gets called when you write:
sub apply_arguments
{
my ($self, @args) = @_;
for my $arg (@args)
{
$self->apply( @args );
}
}
The appropriate method may not even exist at that point in the program.
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