Okay, since nobody else has said it yet, I will: I like shift(). :) Honestly, I'd never thought of it as possibly being obfuscated until I read this thread.

If I'm working in an OOP module I habitually use shift() to get the object then use @_ for the rest of the parameters, like:

sub object_method {
    my $self = shift;
    my ($foo,$bar,$baz) = @_;
}

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In my mind it's a pretty clean separation of things.

However, I suppose I'll admit that I have been bitten by this (as jeffa asked):

my ($foo,$bar) = shift;

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More than once. ;) Usually I get irritated, jump up, amble to the other side of my cubicle wall to interrupt the marketing-type guy (revenge for the 6-7 times he'll be at my desk), head back, look at the code, slap my forehead, fix it, and move on.

- Matt Riffle

In reply to Re: Shift versus Sanity by mattriff
in thread Shift versus Sanity by tadman

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