> On 2003-01-07 at 11:31:13, Mr. Nobody wrote: > > .length is unneeded, since an array gives its length in numeric context, so > > you can just say +@a. > Unneeded, but harmless.
Getting off topic here (a bit), but I think it's a Mistake to have .length mean different things on an array ["Number of elements"] and a (string) scalar ["number of characters"]. While there will never be any confusion on the part of Perl, it'll promote Thinking About Things The Wrong Way among Perl novices, who will try to think of strings as C-like arrays of characters. We've gone to great lengths to disabuse people of that notion in Perl5; let's keep it that way. Perhaps .size for number-of-elements and .length for length-of-string would work? -- Debbie Pickett http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~debbiep [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Long and wide, eternity from side to side, lead me through the rapids, guide me to the shore. There's a place that's far beyond this time and space, when each of us comes face to face with something more." - _Siren Song_, Alan Parsons
