What does the function declaration “sub function($$)” mean?

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It is a function with a prototype that takes two scalar arguments.

There are strong arguments for not actually using Perl prototypes in general – as noted in the comments below. The strongest argument is probably:

There’s a discussion on StackOverflow from 2008:

There’s a possible replacement in the MooseX::Method::Signatures module.

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