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It's not a regression; it's an intentional change. C<< splice(@a, $n) >> is commonly used to truncate an array if it's too large, so C<< splice(@a, $n) >> (with no further args) does not warn even if @a<$n. See https://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=78462 http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/5cd408a276e19848774860967c3ec06b67b863ee?hp=0890f1a536cff0aff68038cae78e02c9d9b6a2b2 So, this is merely a documentation bug for which I'll submit a patch tomorrow. - Eric On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:34 PM, James E Keenan via RT < perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote: > On Tue Apr 23 13:14:02 2013, perl@froods.org wrote: > > > > According to the splice documentation in perlfunc: > > > > splice ARRAY or EXPR,OFFSET > > > > If OFFSET is past the end of the array, Perl issues a warning, and > > splices at the end of the array. > > > > Consider: > > perl -wle'use warnings FATAL => "all"; my @arr = qw(0 .. 10); > > splice(@arr, 20); print "ar is @arr"' > > > > This generates a warning on some versions/architectures and not > > others. > > Based on the versions tested, this appears to have regressed between > > 5.14.3 > > and 5.16.0. > > > > > > warning: > > 5.8.9 darwin OSX 10.6.8 > > 5.14.2 darwin OSX 10.6.8 > > 5.14.3 darwin OSX 10.6.8 > > 5.14.3 linux CentOS > > > > no warning: > > 5.16.0 linux ubuntu > > 5.16.0 darwin OSX 10.6.8 > > 5.16.1 darwin OSX 10.6.8 > > 5.16.3 darwin OSX 10.6.8 > > 5.17.11 darwin OSX 10.6.8 > > > > > Confirmed to occur in blead as well. > > --- > via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: new > https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=117729 >Thread Previous | Thread Next