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[perl #96212] Swapping of $< and $> should be deprecated

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From:
Leon Timmermans via RT
Date:
October 30, 2011 03:45
Subject:
[perl #96212] Swapping of $< and $> should be deprecated
Message ID:
rt-3.6.HEAD-31297-1319971493-1934.96212-14-0@perl.org
On Sat Oct 29 01:12:55 2011, sprout wrote:
> Are you implying that the ability to swap $[<>] depends on the caching?

In list assignment, assigning to $[<>] means setting the cache to the
new value. At the end of the list assignment, set(r|e|re|res|)uid is
called to set the actual property to the value in the cache.

Leon

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