Re: [MacPerl] Re:FindFolder puzzler

[Ronald J Kimball <rjk@linguist.dartmouth.edu>]

On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 05:52:39PM +0800, robinmcf@altern.org wrote:
> rather unsurprisingly by passing the file type to FileFind() I get the 
> path (which is what I'm doing obliquely with those LongFolderType() 
> chappies), and to be honest was what was causing me problems in the 
> first place - I have no problems using the four character foldertypes 
> because I know what they are and how to use them, rather than trying to 
> figure out if I'm dealing with a constant, string or function, which 
> was the case with NamesLikeThis(). 

All named constants in Perl are implemented as functions.  If it ends with
parentheses, it's definitely a function call.

Ronald


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