[perl #32083] Warning about scalar @a[$b] triggered in list context

On Thu Oct 21 19:16:41 2004, chip wrote:
> The warning about @a[$b] being better written as $a[$b] is triggering
> even in list context, which is wrong.
> 
>     $ perl -wle 'my ($a) = @ARGV[0]'
>     Scalar value @ARGV[0] better written as $ARGV[0] at -e line 1.
> 
> It's quite plausible to have a one-element array slice if you're
> planning on extending the slice later.  Consider a POE sub arg list:
> 
>     sub state {
>         my ($self) = @_[OBJECT];
>         # ...
>     }
> 
> You wouldn't want to make that a $, because if you added another
> subscript, the slice would silently fail:
> 
>     sub state {
>         my ($self, $arg) = $_[OBJECT, ARG0];   # OOPS BUG HERE
>         # ...
>     }

This is one of my pet peeves.  It’s the bareword it shouldn’t be warning
about.  Whether it should warn for @_[0] in list context is slightly
more debatable.

-- 

Father Chrysostomos


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