in reply to Re: Re: A "harmless" alternative to 'map{}'?
in thread A "harmless" alternative to 'map{}'?

Prototypes cannot provide any guarantee.

The \@ prototype guarantees barfing if the argument doesn't start with an @, though. And seeing that arrays tend to be lvalues...

Am I missing anything?

— Arien

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Re^4: A "harmless" alternative to 'map{}'?
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Sep 09, 2002 at 12:39 UTC
    Prototypes can be circumvented using a & and are completely disregarded for object method calls.

    Makeshifts last the longest.

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      Good point... but if you stick your arm in a blender and turn it on, you shouldn't be suprised at the results.

      -Lee

      "To be civilized is to deny one's nature."
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        What would happen? :^)

        Makeshifts last the longest.

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