> sub mymethod($$) That does not work. Prototypes are ignored for method calls. You are expected to not abuse prototypes for signatures as they serve a differe

> sub mymethod($$) That does not work. Prototypes are ignored for method calls. You are expected to not abuse prototypes for signatures as they serve a different purpose. > it's an untyped language That's wrong even with the most lenient/charitable interpretation. Using an unexpected type of data is a fatal error. perl -e'$x = {}; $x->[0]; print "survived"' Not an ARRAY reference at -e line 1. Type constraints have existed for a very long time, for example see http://p3rl.org/Kavorka::Manual::Signatures#Type-constraints http://p3rl.org/Kavorka::Manual::Signatures#Type-constraints