Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get rid of @%

[Jonathan Scott Duff]

On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 10:04:22AM -0700, Damien Neil wrote:
> I'm not certain that I like the idea of string-indexed arrays; I don't
> know that I like the thought that $a[5] and $a[05] might suddenly
> mean something different.

They wouldn't.  In $a[05], 05 is a number.  To get a string, quotes
would be needed.  As for $a[$something], if @a had been declared as
"my @a : assoc;", then perl should stringify $something, otherwise
numify.  Hmm.. I guess this implies that all hashes need to be
pre-declared.  :-(

-Scott
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