Re: Explanation of "for" and "foreach" in perldoc

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:53 AM, Christian Walde <
walde.christian@googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:47:55 +0100, Eric Brine <ikegami@adaelis.com>
> wrote:
>
Why do people always leave out C<< for (EXPR..EXPR) >> when discussing
>>
> preferences for "for" vs "foreach"?
>>
>
> Because .. does result into an array?


Nope, it doesn't into an foreach loop iterating over an array or list*. It
results into a counting loop.

* -- Except for C<< for (CONST..CONST) >> which expands into an array at
compile-time, IIRC

- Eric

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