[comp.lang.perl] perl panics on defined

lm@snafu.Sun.COM (Larry McVoy) (09/07/90)

Is this a bug?

$ cat panic
#!/usr/bin/perl

print "version=$]\n";
$branches[2] = 4;
foreach $branch (@branches) {
	next unless defined $branch;
}
$ panic
version=$Header: perly.c,v 3.0.1.7 90/08/13 22:22:22 lwall Locked $
Patch level: 28

panic: A_LVAL at panic line 6.
$

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