On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 4:22 AM, Dave Whipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lets say I want to find the 5th smallest element in an array. I might > write: > > @array.sort.[4]; > > How does the implementation of the sort function know that I just want to > 5th item (and thus choose an appropriate optimization)? Obviously the > function could be told that it's caller wants 5 values in list context, but > is there a way to get more info than that? > The second dot is superfluous since [] isn't a method. You should say: @array.sort[4];
