prototype FUNCTION
prototype
Returns the prototype of a function as a string (or undef
if the function has no prototype). FUNCTION is a reference to, or the name of, the function whose prototype you want to retrieve. If FUNCTION is omitted, $_ is used.
If FUNCTION is a string starting with CORE::
, the rest is taken as a name for a Perl builtin. If the builtin's arguments cannot be adequately expressed by a prototype (such as system
), prototype() returns undef
, because the builtin does not really behave like a Perl function. Otherwise, the string describing the equivalent prototype is returned.
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