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

[pete@horus.cix.co.uk (Pete Jordan)]

 <london@pixelmagic.com> wrote:

> if delete is allowed on a pseudohash, please leave the weirdness
> to the person using the pseudohash.  calling delete on a pseudohash
> would set that element to 'undef because its deleted' or some
> strangeness. and it would be the programmers responsibility to
> figure it out.
> 
> delete on a normal array should splice out that element,
> or its another weirdness to remember about perl.

Disagree strongly. We already have splice and missing elements /are/ 
useful - even if Perl doesn't implement sparse arrays in core, a tied 
array may well do.

/Pete/

"THIS IS THE COMPATIBILITY POLICE.
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