Re: Prototyping - is it necessary?

I want $chomp to be an optional parameter with a default value of undef, but prototyping forces me to explicitly include a value for $chomp whenever I call getFileData.

The correct prototype is ($;$).

However, the code you posted doesn't even compile. Did you commit the sin of re-typing rather than copy-and-pasting?

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Re^2: pennance (OT) by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Sep 01, 2005 at 10:51 UTC
Did you commit the sin of re-typing rather than copy-and-pasting? Does this mean that the OP needs to do some "hail Larrys"? Update: Added original quote for context. --MidLifeXis	[reply]
Re^3: pennance (OT) by bioMan (Beadle) on Sep 01, 2005 at 19:57 UTC
No, I did a cut and paste, but as pointed out in another post I have another bug. `(my $datafile, $chomp) = @_;` throws an error because $chomp isn't explicitly declared/scoped and strict pitches a fit, "my" should be outside the parentheses.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Prototyping - is it necessary? by jdporter (Paladin) on Sep 01, 2005 at 21:13 UTC
That's not "another" bug, that's the bug that led me to suspect foul play. See, either (1) you posted code you knew didn't compile; (2) you posted code you hadn't even tried to run; or (3) you posted code that wasn't the same as what you were running. I was guessing #3 a few nodes up the thread, since it's perhaps the least egregious.	[reply]