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

[Nick Ing-Simmons <nick@ing-simmons.net>]

Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@ActiveState.com> writes:
>
>The effect of exists() on an array element cannot be represented using
>existing semantics, because the concept of "uninitialized array element"
>wasn't visible at the Perl level before.  

While you are in the mood - the other exists() target that has
been suggested since 5.001m or so is exists(&Foo) to tell if there
really is anything there as opposed defined(&Foo) is true if only 
a stub has been seen.

-- 
Nick Ing-Simmons

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Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@ActiveState.com>

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