Re: more ordinal discussion

2004-09-08 Thread Jonathan Lang
Juerd wrote: > Michael Homer skribis 2004-09-08 15:54 (+1200): > > I think (correct me) what he's getting at here is a sparse array 1=>a, > > > 3=>b, 4=>c where 2nd is 'b' (the second item) but 1st+1 is undefined > > (there is no index 2). I don't know how well that scheme works from a > > compr

Re: more ordinal discussion

2004-09-08 Thread Juerd
Michael Homer skribis 2004-09-08 15:54 (+1200): > I think (correct me) what he's getting at here is a sparse array 1=>a, > 3=>b, 4=>c where 2nd is 'b' (the second item) but 1st+1 is undefined > (there is no index 2). I don't know how well that scheme works from a > comprehension point of view th

hashes' ordered keys [was: "Re: S5 tr concern"]

2004-09-08 Thread Michele Dondi
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Luke Palmer wrote: > > $downcaserule = 'A-Z' => 'a-z'; > > $l33trule = 'EISTA' => '31574'; > > $str =~ tr( { $l33trule, $downcaserule } ); > > > > may or may not do what the naive reader expects, and randomly so! [snip] > or not. the point is that it's only undef