On 25/03/2008, Junio C Hamano <junio@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am not saying that Perl prototypes is a bad thing. The point of the > prototype is to change the syntax and semantics so that you can write a > function to which arguments are _not_ passed as a flattend list, and > without them you cannot write something that emulates "push @a, $b, $c". I would agree with what Junio says here. The primary motivation of prototypes was to emulate the syntax of perl built-ins, and their extension (with the _ character) in Perl 5.10 has followed this general principle. As a general rule, I tend to avoid using prototypes for 'normal' functions. That's mostly an application of the least surprise principle. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
