On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Larry Wall wrote: > The argument to a shape specification is a semicolon list, just like > the inside of a multidimensional subscript. Ranges are also allowed, > so you can pretend you're programming in Fortran, or awk: > > my int @ints is shape(1..4;1..2); # two dimensions, @ints[1..4; 1..2]
What happens when the Pascal programmer declares my int @ints is shape(-10..10); Does it blow up? If not, does @ints[-1] mean the element with index -1 or the last element? ~ John Williams