> It should pass them on to the PMC directly, which > should then handle them properly.
Let me rephrase. How should the PerlArray pmc handle negative indecis when the absolute value of the index is greater than the size of the array. Here are some examples: #first set up an array new P0, .Perl Array set P0, 3 set P0[0], 1 set P0[1], 2 set P0[2], 3 #now, what do these accesses produce? P0[-1] => P0[2] => 3 P0[-3] => P0[0] => 1 P0[-5] => ? here's my take on how to DTRT -5 + 3 = -2, -2 + 3 = 1, so P0[-5] => P0[1] => 2 Like I said in the earlier message, this would only need the 'if's changed to 'while's to work. But, right now the PerlArray.pmc code does this: if (ix < 0) ix += SELF->cache.int_val So, if ix < -SELF->cache.int_val then the code tries to use a negative value to access the array element in the C code. This is obviously wrong. My question is should this raise an internal exception, or should there be some DWIMery inside PerlArray.pmc. cheers, Stephen Rawls __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com
