If you change my @other = shift; (which simply copies the first parameter to the sub into @other) to my @other = (@_); which generates an array containing all the parameters passed in and assigns that to @other.

Using the line "firstsomethingsecond
nextsomethinganother
" as the data the test code generates:

in sub:     first    second
in sub:     next    another
in main:    first    second
in main:    next    another
in main:        
in other sub:    first    second
in other sub:    next    another
in other sub:
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