Re: Python discussion, anybody?

[Todd.Rudick@example.com]

On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> Hey, wait a cotton-pickin' minute!  Perl takes the _return_
> typoid as definitive?  Which is exactly the opposite of C++ (at least
> ARM 1993 or so C++), which ignores it in overloading resolution.

  This isn't automatic overloading. You have to explicitly check what
your return type is with wantarray() and act according to the rigid
standards of Perl*.

cheers,
Todd

* i.e., do whatever you want.