in reply to Re^3: RFC: Idiom for named read-write arguments (aliases) instead of using $_[0] etc
in thread RFC: Idiom for named read-write arguments (aliases) instead of using $_[0] etc

good point, since $a and $b are magical globals you can even avoid the our-decalaration (in this case)

Cheers Rolf

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Re^5: RFC: Idiom for named read-write arguments (aliases) instead of using $_[0] etc
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 02, 2012 at 21:03 UTC

    Didn't think of that, but I have to wonder if $a & $b are really that much better than $_[0] & $_[1] ?

    Okay for swap(), I guess.

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