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OK, maybe I'm just being stupid... (Score:1)

by mauzo (8185) on 2009.07.09 11:26 (#69400)

but how is this different from
sub foo;

(or
*$fq_name = \&$fq_name;

if you want to install them dynamically)?

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- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by Ovid (2709)
  
  You know, I think I'm the one who's being stupid :) As Aristotle points out, my version gives greater dispatch control, but I honestly hadn't thought of that (this reminds me of the time I started writing "tail -f" in Perl before I came to my senses).

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