ch15.058_prob

Perl Best Practices the source code

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## Code fragment (NOT RECOMMENDED) from Chapter 15 of "Perl Best Practices" ##
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# Standard modules...
use strict;
use warnings;
use IO::Prompt;
use Carp;
use English qw( -no_match_vars );
use Data::Alias;
use Readonly;

my $family = 'Waltons';

my $female_parent = mom $family;    # Sometimes the same as: $family->mom()
# my $male_parent   = pop $family;    # Never the same as: $family->pop()


package Waltons;

sub mom {
    print "'Night, mom!\n";
}

sub pop {
    print "'Night, pop!\n";
}