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Re^2: Use method/function signatures with Perl
in thread Use method/function signatures with Perl
I'd take that wager. 95% of the time, passing more arguments into a subroutine than it expects is a sign of forwards- (and sometimes backwards- ) compatability. Other times, it's a sign of API compatability. For example, I've got a templating module that works with more than one rendering engine. There's a given function that both engines support. But, one takes (and handles) a foo parameter and the other doesn't. If I cannot pass the foo parameter in (to be silently ignored if necessary), that's a sign of bad assumptions.
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