[ID 20000223.001] no test cases for splice(@array)

This is a bug report for perl from dcd@tc.fluke.com,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.27 running under perl v5.5.650.


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The current perldoc -f splice does not indicate that the
OFFSET parameter to splice is optional.

I see in p5p that
recent patches to the documentation seem to indicate that
splice(@array) is to be accepted.

perl v5.5.650 has no test cases for splice(@array),
and no examples that so that it should work;



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Site configuration information for perl v5.5.650:

Configured by dcd at Wed Feb  9 12:36:33 PST 2000.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 5 subversion 650) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.3.40, archname=i686-linux
    uname='linux dd 2.3.40 #1 fri jan 21 12:06:36 pst 2000 i686 '
    config_args='-Doptimize=-g -de -Dcf_email=dcd@tc.fluke.com'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef
    usesocks=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
    use64bits=undef uselargefiles=define usemultiplicity=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', optimize='-g', gccversion=2.7.2.3
    cppflags='-Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -DDEBUGGING -I/usr/local/include'
    ccflags ='-Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -DDEBUGGING -I/usr/local/include'
    stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /shlib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc
    libc=/lib/libc.so.5.4.44, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
    cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    

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@INC for perl v5.5.650:
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.5.650/i686-linux
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.5.650
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.5.650/i686-linux
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.5.650
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl
    .

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Environment for perl v5.5.650:
    HOME=/home/dcd
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/home/dcd/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/samba:/home/hobbes/tools/scripts:/home/hobbes/tools/linux:/usr0/hobbes/tools/scripts:/usr0/dcd/bin:/apps/general/bin:/usr/public
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash

• [ID 20000223.001] no test cases for splice(@array) by David Dyck