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From:
H.Merijn Brand
Date:
January 23, 2014 14:41
Subject:
Re: Range idea
Message ID:
20140123154139.229088f0@pc09.procura.nl
On Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:11:40 +0100, "Dr.Ruud"
<rvtol+usenet@isolution.nl> wrote:
> On 2014-01-23 13:25, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
>
> > Wanting to take all the elements from a list starting at position x to
> > the end is pretty hard when the list is dynamic, so $#list cannot be
> > used, nor can index -1
>
> Just for fun:
>
> perl -wE'
> say for qw( a b c d )[2 .. NaN];
> '
>
>
> perl -wE'
> say for qw( a b c d )[2 .. Inf];
> '
> Range iterator outside integer range at -e line 2.
I tried those too, just to check if using MAX_INT would be an option,
but it currently apparently is not
$ perl -wE'say for (qw( a b c d ))[2..10]'
c
d
Use of uninitialized value in say at -e line 1.
Use of uninitialized value in say at -e line 1.
Use of uninitialized value in say at -e line 1.
Use of uninitialized value in say at -e line 1.
Use of uninitialized value in say at -e line 1.
Use of uninitialized value in say at -e line 1.
Use of uninitialized value in say at -e line 1.
Imagine what MAX_INT would yield instead of 10 :)
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