Usually, when you need to create a subroutine that returns different values in different contexts (list, scalar, or void), you write something like: sub get_server_status { my ($server_ID) = @_; # Acquire server data somehow... my %server_data = _asc...

Major benefits: * Efficient The default logging functions take blocks, so if a log level is disabled, the block will not run: # the following won't run if debug is off log_debug { "the new count in the database is " . $rs->count }; Similarly, the "D"...