Re: RFC 171 (v2) my Dog $spot should call a constructor implicitly
[email protected] (Michael Fowler)
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On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 09:45:52PM -0600, Tom Christiansen wrote:
> >Well, remember that BEGIN{} blocks are just subs too, with an optional
> >'sub'.
>
> Not exactly. They are not callable, as they disappear immediately.
> More importantly, they have no @_, and things like pop and shift
> act upon @ARGV from within them.
>
> The compilerish chapter of the Camel calls them blocks.
Well this is good to know (and I should have known it, too). I will remove
them as alternatives.
Michael
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