Re: [FWP] aCertainName.pm

[Steve Lane <sml@zfx.com>]

Larry Rosler wrote:
> If you want to be reasonable, you might want to get the spec right.  If
> there is no argument, abs(), like so many other builtin functions, uses
> $_ as its operand.
> 
> So at least start out with:
> 
>         my $x = @_ ? $_[0] : $_;

wouldn't the functions that take either a scalar
or list argument be easier to write using:

  @_ = ($_) unless @_;

instead?
--
Steve Lane <sml@zfx.com>

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