I have two files: main.pl and Database.pm . In main.pl I have this line: 
$info = $db_info->get_info($ID);

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in which $db_info has been blessed in Database. $ID is an integer. In Database.pm (which contains a package named Database) I have a subroutine that starts like this: 
sub get_info {
        my ($class,%db_info,$ID) = @_;

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However, that doesn't work. So, I changed it to this to troubleshoot my problem: 
sub get_info {
        my ($stuff,$ID) = @_;
        print "\nstuff = ".$stuff."\nID    =".$ID."\n\n";

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$stuff prints out "Database=HASH(0x804b620)". $ID prints out "1" (like it should). It seems that both the $class and %db_info are getting put together. From what I've read, and the examples I've seen, that doesn't make sense.

Why is this happening, and what can I do to handle it properly? As always, pointers to relevant docs are very welcome.

melguin.

In reply to strange args format in module sub by melguin

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