John Porter wrote: > Aldo Calpini wrote: > >>I have to disagree. the corresponding Perl script >>does not show this behaviour: >> > > $\ = "\n"; > $#a = 100; > print scalar(@a); > $x = $a[10000][0];
This _writes_ to @a[10000] by generating the entry: P0, 100 P1 = new .PerlArray P1 = 0 P0[10000] = P1 I0 = P1[0] > Perl has to autoviv if it has to drill down. Not on reading. I vote for the proposed patch. leo
