What I mean is that the requirement to use an ampersand on function calls was removed with the introduction of Perl 5. It may be a minor point, it may not even be officially deprecated, but either way, I still plead my case: Say no to ampersands unless you know what you're doing. Virtually every time I see them, it's a case of someone using them out of ignorance, or because they are still dusting off some Perl 4-type code.

Sure, some people prefer to use them, just I imagine some people prefer to use prototypes everywhere, despite how they can cause trouble. Perhaps some people even prefer to not use strict or warnings. These people are entitled to their opinions, of course.

What's wrong with the ampersand? In this example, it is completely useless and serves no purpose.

In reply to Re^2: Interpolating in Here Documents? by tadman
in thread Interpolating in Here Documents? by PetaMem

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