JupiterHost.Net [JN], on Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 09:11 (-0500)
contributed this to our collective wisdom:
>> (really beginners) could think "@a" will empty array, which is not
>> true.
JN> yes it is true, they are both empty lists:
@a will not empty array, here it is:
my @a = q{foo bar};
@a;
print @a;
against
my @a = q{foo bar};
@a = ( );
print @a;
I hope you see the difference :)
JN> See John's excellent explanation earlier for more details.
yes, that was great.
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