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.
>
>
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 a
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 a
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
