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On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:32:30PM -0600, david nicol wrote:
> Is @{undef()} working without error as a lvalue something we should
> repair?
> In situations where @{undef()} is parsing, is it parsing as @{""} ?
> perl -lwe ' print(@{""}=(1..5))'
> 12345
$ perl -Mstrict -e 'print(@{""}=(1..5))'
Can't use string ("") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use at -e line 1.
Symbolic references get you into all kinds of trouble, if you are not
careful. Why should only undef() or '' be blocked?
mark
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