Juerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> substr($string, 2 but graphemes, 4 but bytes);
>
> I think "but" even makes sense, if substr defaults to something.
That could be combined with a smart substr that only needs the units
once (err, only needs a position object for one of the args) and knows
how to conver the other number to the same units (err, same type of
position object):
substr($string, 2, 4 but bytes);
This would still allow for specifying units on both if you for some
reason wanted them different (which, as Dan S points out, sounds like
a bad idea, on the face of it).
:bytes is shorter than but bytes, though.
--
$;=sub{$/};@;=map{my($a,$b)=($_,$;);$;=sub{$a.$b->()}}
split//,"[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ --";$\=$ ;-> ();print$/
