Params::Validate is probably what you're looking for. Prototypes are
NOT what you're looking for,
Animator's reply aside. Prototypes are a failed experiment that should not be used (unless, of course, you know why they shouldn't be used).
- In general, if you think something isn't in Perl, try it out, because it usually is. :-)
- "What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?"