Just some further explanation for you. 'cb' stands for 'callback' - pass subroutine foo subroutine bar and call foo within bar. Here is a silly example to meditate on: 
use strict;

sub decorate {
   my ($cb,$text) = @_;
   return $cb->($text);
}

my %sub = (
   bold => sub { return '<b>' . shift() . '</b>' },
   ital => sub { return '<i>' . shift() . '</i>' },
   undl => sub { return '<u>' . shift() . '</u>' },
);

for (keys %sub) {
   print decorate($sub{$_},'foobar'), "\n";
}

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Here is a decent explanation of callbacks, the tutorial is really about Gtk. Callbacks are used extensively in GUI programming. The idea is to assign a subroutine to a widget such as a button. When the user clicks that button, the button calls the subroutine that was assigned to it. This allows the GUI programmer to easily add functionality.

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

In reply to (jeffa) Re: Cant figure out this part? by jeffa
in thread Cant figure out this part? by Anonymous Monk

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