Reference: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2013-03/msg00004.html>
On 03/05/2013 09:22 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Basically, they are not really prototypes, but rather a trick to have > user-defined subroutines that behave more similarly to perl built-in > functions, by allowing them to be called without parentheses and to > impose context on their argument. Such semantics can be useful in some > selected situations, but it causes unexpected and harmful behaviours > and side effects if we try to use perl prototypes as we would use C > prototypes. > Pushed to maint now (with some adjustments to the commit message). Regards, Stefano
