[self-interest] arguments and assignment

[Dru Nelson]

Perl has a hidden variable that lets you access 
the args for that activation. 

Neat, but can be dangerous in the wrong hands..

Dru Nelson
San Mateo, California


On Wed, 2 May 2001, Steve Dekorte wrote:

> 
> Dru Nelson wrote:
> > Yes, Perl and Python do this as well.
> 
> Right, I thought Lua was different in that variable arg lists didn't 
> have to be declared. But I checked the manual and they do need to be 
> declared.
> 
> Proposed Self: ...f:arg1 [With:]
> Lua: function foo(arg1, arg2, ...) ... end
> Python: def foo(arg1,arg2,*args,**keywordAgs):
> Perl: ?
> Ruby: def foo(*args) ... end
> 
> Steve
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