On 13 Sep 2000 07:07:42 -0000, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote: >Make length(@array) work One more thought: >Many newbies think of the number of >elements in an array as its "length" Doesn't this reflect C's idea of "a string is an array of characters"? Which isn't the idea behind strings in Perl. The basic idea is wrong. Therefore, making length(@array) work, would be a wrong signal. -- Bart.
- Re: Uninitialized value warni... Michael Fowler
- Re: Uninitialized value warni... Tom Christiansen
- Re: Uninitialized value warni... Tom Christiansen
- Re: Uninitialized value warni... Bart Lateur
- Re: RFC 212 (v1) Make length(@array) w... David L. Nicol
- Re: RFC 212 (v1) Make length(@array) work Johan Vromans
- Re: RFC 212 (v1) Make length(@array) work Graham Barr
- Re: RFC 212 (v1) Make length(@array) work Damian Conway
- Re: RFC 212 (v1) Make length(@array) work Nathan Torkington
- Re: RFC 212 (v1) Make length(@array) work Damian Conway
- Re: RFC 212 (v1) Make length(@array) work Bart Lateur
- Re: RFC 212 (v1) Make length(@array) work Dave Storrs
- Re: RFC 212 (v1) Make length(@array) work Bart Lateur
- Re: RFC 212 (v1) Make length(@array) work Tom Christiansen
- Re: RFC 212 (v1) Make length(@array) w... Bart Lateur
- Re: RFC 212 (v1) Make length(@arr... Randal L. Schwartz
- Re: RFC 212 (v1) Make length(@array) work Dave Storrs