Re: exists $foo[7] and delete $foo[7]

[Larry Wall <larry@wall.org>]

Gurusamy Sarathy writes:
: Let me know if you want the remove the support for defined() and
: exists() on arrays after reading my explanation.  I'm taking a head
: count on opinions.

I don't give very many rips about pseudo-hashes, except insofar as they
point out the problem with confusing the abstraction with the
implementation.  What I care about is that it might very well be
meaningful to delete an element of a *tied* array.  As such, it is
asserting sparseness, which is a useful concept.

This whole thing is a tempest in a teabag.  Leave it in, and blame it
on me.

Larry

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Follow-Ups from:

Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@activestate.com>
Chip Salzenberg <chip@valinux.com>

References to:

Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@activestate.com>

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