Larry Wall wrote:
Whatever the answer, it probably has to apply to
my @a;
@a[0] = '1';
@a[2] = '3';
print exists $a[1];
as well as the explicit delete case. Are we going to pitch an exception for
writing beyond the end of an array? That seems a bit anti-Perlish.
What's
In perl 5:
my @a = (1,2,3);
delete $a[1];
print exists $a[1];
This is false, whereas $a[0] and $a[2] do exist. This is creepy. Not
only is it creepy, it raises a whole bunch of questions with
nontrivial answers:
* does [EMAIL PROTECTED] include nonexistent elements?
* does
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 10:33:23PM +, Luke Palmer wrote:
In perl 5:
my @a = (1,2,3);
delete $a[1];
print exists $a[1];
This is false, whereas $a[0] and $a[2] do exist. This is creepy. Not
only is it creepy, it raises a whole bunch of questions with
nontrivial answers:
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 10:33:23PM +, Luke Palmer wrote:
: In perl 5:
:
: my @a = (1,2,3);
: delete $a[1];
: print exists $a[1];
:
: This is false, whereas $a[0] and $a[2] do exist. This is creepy. Not
: only is it creepy, it raises a whole bunch of questions with
: nontrivial
