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14319 prototypes is please don't write sub name_of_sub (...) { - it's almost certainly not what you want, just do sub name_of_sub { ... } - see http://ow.ly/RknZs for a detailed explanation of why. To do it properly see "Signatures" in perlsub. If you're on an older perl you can do it with "signatures", "Function::Parameters" from CPAN. grinnz <*:##NULL>
11152 prototypes is please don't write sub name_of_sub (...) { - it's almost certainly not what you want, just do sub name_of_sub { ... } - see http://ow.ly/RknZs for a detailed explanation of why. To do it properly see "Signatures" in perlsub. If you're on an older perl you can do it with "signatures", "Function::Parameters", or "Method::Signatures" from CPAN. pink_mist <*:##NULL>
11151 prototypes is please don't write sub name_of_sub (...) { - it's almost certainly not what you want, just do sub name_of_sub { ... } - see http://xrl.us/bffo9k for a detailed explanation of why. To do it properly see "Signatures" in perlsub. If you're on an older perl you can do it with "signatures", "Function::Parameters", or "Method::Signatures" from CPAN. pink_mist <*:##NULL>
11150 prototypes is please don't write sub name_of_sub (...) { - it's almost certainly not what you want, just do sub name_of_sub { ... } - see http://xrl.us/bffo9k for a detailed explanation of why. To do it properly see "Signatures" in perlsub. If you're on an older perl you can to it with "signatures", "Function::Parameters", or "Method::Signatures" from CPAN. pink_mist <*:##NULL>
10723 prototypes is please don't write sub name_of_sub (...) { - it's almost certainly not what you want, just do sub name_of_sub { ... } - see http://xrl.us/bffo9k for a detailed explanation of why and Signatures in perlsub for how to do it in perl 5.20 and up; for earlier perls, see signatures, Function::Parameters, or Method::Signatures on CPAN pink_mist <*:##NULL>
9317 prototypes is please don't write sub name_of_sub (...) { - it's almost certainly not what you want, just do sub name_of_sub { ... } - see http://xrl.us/bffo9k for a detailed explanation of why and signatures.pm on CPAN for a better way of doing what you actually wanted apeiron <*:##NULL>
9316 prototypes is please don't write sub name_of_sub (...) { - it's almost certainly not what you want, just do sub name_of_sub { ... } - see http://xrl.us/bffo9k for a detailed explanation of why and signatures.pm on CPAN for a better option apeiron <*:##NULL>
5719 prototypes is please don't write sub name_of_sub (...) { - it's almost certainly not what you want, just do sub name_of_sub { ... } - see http://xrl.us/bffo9k for a detailed explanation of why and signatures.pm on CPAN for another option perlbot <*:##NULL>