Re: RFC 204 (v2) Arrays: Use list reference for multidimensional array access

2000-09-26 Thread Bart Lateur
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 19:26:38 -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote: >> I agree with both of you. It would be nice if @$ precedence worked as Bart >> specified, but I still think that arrays should be arrays. > >The problem is that > > $name = "myarray"; > @$name = (1,2,3); > print @$name[0,1]; # 1,2 >

Re: RFC 231 (v1) Data: Multi-dimensional arrays/hashes and slices

2000-09-26 Thread Ilya Zakharevich
On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 06:30:22PM -0400, Karl Glazebrook wrote: > > Well, this shows that you entirely miss the problem of cryptocontexts. > > Context is determined by the "environment" of the operation, not by > > the operation. Context is propagated: > > > > the-left-hand-side-of-assignment