Specifically to the lines you have asked about:

    @entries = $mesg->entries;
Invoke the  entries method on the  $mesg object. The method is a member function of the class of which the object is an instance, or is a member function of a class from which the object's class inherits. The method is invoked without arguments. The method is invoked in list context (determined by assignment to the  @entries array) and a list of zero or more elements returned by the method call is assigned to the array.

    print "dn: " . $entry->dn() . "\n";
Invoke the  dn method on the  $entry object with no arguments. Method is invoked in scalar context as determined by the  . (string concatenation) operator, so a scalar returned by the method call is converted to a string, concatenated with other strings and printed.

    @attrs = $entry->attributes();
Invoke the  attributes method on the  $entry object with no arguments. Method is invoked in list context; list returned by the method call is assigned to  @attrs array.

    $entry->get_value($attr);
Invoke the  get_value method on the  $entry object with  $attr as an argument. Method is invoked in list context (as determined by its invocation in the argument list of a  printf function call in a statement in other code). List returned by method call becomes a part of the  printf function call argument list.

Update: Fixed  <p> tags per GrandFather. Also: minor wording changes.

In reply to Re: What does arrow (->) refer to? by AnomalousMonk
in thread What does arrow (->) refer to? by Anonymous Monk

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