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[Mosemann, Russell]

Pasi Kärkkäinen asked:
> >   $self;

> I'm not a perl expert but should that be "return $self" instead?

It can, but it doesn't have to be. The last value in the subroutine is always returned, even if there is no "return". A "return" makes it explicit. I believe listing the variable by itself is more efficient than making a call to return.

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Russell Mosemann, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science
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