Re: passing array of args to prototyped subs

You should really read perlsub. Perl prototypes do not work as you expect.

In Perl, you do not check for the correct number and count of arguments at compile time, but at run time. The minimal solution for exactly two arguments is:

sub f # *NO* prototype!
{
    @_==2 or die "f needs two arguments";
    # ...
}
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Alexander

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Re^2: passing array of args to prototyped subs by pldanutz (Acolyte) on Sep 10, 2013 at 05:35 UTC
Fine. I was under the impression that Perl prototypes were still minimally useful. I expected the compiler to check that f2 has 2 scalar args WHEN FEASIBLE (e.g. when the call is f2 ($a, $b, $c)) and ignore the prototype when compile-time checking is unfeasible. I guess it's too much. Your link to a reply in another thread only proves that you can defeat compile-time prototype checking via using &f. however indirectly (which I knew)	[reply]
Re^3: passing array of args to prototyped subs by tobyink (Canon) on Sep 10, 2013 at 09:09 UTC
Prototypes are useful; they're just not useful for checking the number and type of arguments to a function. `use Moops; class Cow :rw { has name => (default => 'Ermintrude') }; say Cow->new->name` div class=	[reply]