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Re^2: Is there any difference between prototype % and @ ?

by LanX (Saint)
on Feb 22, 2013 at 14:12 UTC ( [id://1020169]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Is there any difference between prototype % and @ ?
in thread Is there any difference between prototype % and @ ?

> Hope that helps,

thanks, it does, though it was what I expected it helps to know the official truth...

> It doesn't even bother to check whether you have an even number of arguments.

which is - mildly expressed - "unfortunate". I will add a manual check.

Cheers Rolf

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Re^3: Is there any difference between prototype % and @ ?
by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Feb 22, 2013 at 20:33 UTC
    ... an even number of arguments...
    I will add a manual check.

    What are you doing with the arguments subsumed under the  % prototype? Well, right now you're probably just writing test code to check the behavior of the prototype, but in a 'real world' case, would you not assign these arguments to a hash? What else? If assigning an odd number of elements to a hash, Perl warns (if warnings are enabled) with no separate check necessary. Granted, the warning doesn't stem from the prototype checking system, but...

    >perl -wMstrict -le "sub H (&%) { my ($cr, %h) = @_; $cr->(%h); } ;; H { print @_; } qw(a 1 b); " Odd number of elements in hash assignment at -e line 1. Use of uninitialized value $_[3] in print at -e line 1. a1b
      not in this case, cause I want to have it as fast and memory saving as possible.

      thats why I'm splicing... though using indexes $_[$i] should be even faster...

      just check the post I linked in the OP

      Cheers Rolf

        not in this case, cause I want to have it as fast and memory saving as possible.

        Then why create a list from the hash in the first place?


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