On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 01:30:54PM -0600, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 11:15:26AM -0800, Michael Lazzaro wrote: > > 2) Assume the default value is a simple value, e.g. 'foo'. > > > > my @a is Array( default => 'foo' ); > > @a[5] = 'bar'; > > > > @a[4]; # 'foo' > > @a[5]; # 'bar' > > @a[6]; # 'foo' > > > > @a[-1]; # 'bar' *NOTE!* > > Um ... why?
Ah, nevermind ... I just realized that you were counting backward from the end of the array. Such behavior would be surprising at best. Perhaps the indexing-from-the-end magic and the auto-defaulting magic need to be mutually exclusive. -Scott -- Jonathan Scott Duff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
