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  • Pedant (Score:1)

    by chromatic (983) on 2002.08.06 19:24 (#11484) Homepage Journal

    What's the point of using function prototypes if you use the sigil for calling them? (Yeah, I do think the ampersand is a very nearly an abomination.)

    • To be honest, I use both for documentation more than anything else.
      I've benefited from this use, and have yet to be bit by it, so I just
      keep on doing it...

      I've used ampersands as a sigil since I started writing perl because
      it makes it plain that we're talking about a subroutine. It also reads
      well:

          &load_data; &collate_records;
          "...and load data and collate records"

      It also allows me to have more control when doing a s///g on my own
      code. &foo is never confused with @fo
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