merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz) (02/06/90)
Okay, I've done it this time. I was working on my new signature for
this group, and came across a bug (gasp! :-).
% perl -e '@a=(); %a=(1,88,2,99); print "@a{1,2}\n";'
88 99
% perl -e '%a=(1,88,2,99); print "@a{1,2}\n";'
@a{1,2}
This is with Perl pl 6 (still waiting for patch 9, Larry :-).
I *know* about the safety feature that says that an "@foo" doesn't get
interpreted unless the corresponding @foo array exists, but why should
the assoc-array slice require a corresponding array to exist? That's
weird. Just 'cause it starts @foo, doesn't mean I'm talking about a
foo array!
Sigh. :-)
%_=split(/(\D+)/,"7Perl6another8hacker,5Just");print"@_{5..8}";
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In article <1990Feb5.180859.6270@iwarp.intel.com> merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz) writes: : Okay, I've done it this time. I was working on my new signature for : this group, and came across a bug (gasp! :-). : : % perl -e '@a=(); %a=(1,88,2,99); print "@a{1,2}\n";' : 88 99 : % perl -e '%a=(1,88,2,99); print "@a{1,2}\n";' : @a{1,2} >> patch 9. : This is with Perl pl 6 (still waiting for patch 9, Larry :-). I might be able to get patch 9 out if you didn't keep adding to it, Randal :-). Larry