use Perl

• :-D (Score:2)

  by Theory (10)

  sub convert_to_list {
      my $self = shift;
      # Return knows if it's a scalar or array context!
      my $args = $self->arguments or return;
      return split / (?=-)/, $args;
  }
  • Re::-/ (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709)

    In theory, that looks good and if I were calling the shots, it would be. However, consider the following:

    some_func(other_func1(), other_func2());

    If one of the "other funcs" has a bare return, some_func() will be passed a list with only one element! You can get around this by prepending the function calls with scalar, but that is not done in the shop I work at, yet function calls are often embedded in other function calls. Thus, we have explicit return values. If only one value is being returned, we
• zero (Score:2, Insightful)

  by bart (450)

  So $self->arguments returning "0" needs to be ignored?
  • Re:zero (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709)

    Um, err, (shuffles feet and looks away nervously).

    Nice catch :)