One: Obviously, you disagree with my original point that allowing question marks in subroutine declarations would make things more readable. You disagree with me and I disagree with you. But at least that is what I was asking about.

Two: Obviously we disagree about your second point as well. While I do not use really_rediculously_long_variable_names_that_are_not_meaningful, I do use "readable, descriptive names". (See the examples.)
Also, I don't know what gave you the idea that these particular functions aren't being called via an object in a package.

Maybe reading my response to lachoy's post will get you and I closer to the same page.