| el_seano |
is there ever a good reason to omit ampersands from subroutine invocations? |
| * el_seano |
<- noob |
| mauke |
wrong question |
| archon- |
always |
| mauke |
is there ever a good reason to add ampersands to subroutine calls? |
| archon- |
almost never |
| el_seano |
it seems like a nice touch to include the sigil so there's no ambiguity |
| rindolf |
el_seano: http://perl-begin.org/tutorials/bad-elements/#ampersand-in-subroutine-calls |
| Yaakov |
Ampersands are among the coolest punctuation marks & add their coolness to everything they are used for. |
| mauke |
el_seano: what ambiguity? |
| apeiron |
foo() # pretty umambiguous |
| archon- |
&Yaakov& |
| * rindolf |
prefers ampersors. |
| rindolf |
Or ampernots. |
| Yaakov |
AmperSnot |
| archon- |
amberbuts |
| archon- |
amber? |
| archon- |
amperbuts! |
| el_seano |
:D |
| Yaakov |
ampersif |
| tybalt89 |
ampersand followed by amperbuff and amperpolish... |
| Yaakov |
amperbeadblast |