On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 06:18, Smylers wrote: > $num = @massive; > > C<$num> becomes a reference to C<@massive>, but in a numeric context it > will evaluate to the number of elements in that array. >
But in most cases, you would never do this. You would do something like my int $num = @massive; or if @massive {...} or the like. In both cases, your later concerns about long-lived references go away. -- Aaron Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>