exists &sub (was: exists $foo[7] and delete $foo[7])

[Spider Boardman <spider-perl@Orb.Nashua.NH.US>]

On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 16:28:44 -0800 (PST), Larry Wall wrote (in part):

law> Other way around.  It exists if there's a stub, but is
law> defined if the stub has been assigned a body.  Conveniently,
law> that is consistent with the current definition of
law> defined(&foo), which returns false on a mere stub.

The question remains, though (as I asked in
<200001160717.CAA14080@Orb.Nashua.NH.US>):

Is C<exists &sub> something we should add?  Why?  If so, should
it be for 5.6?

(See
http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2000-01/msg00695.html
for further details on the question.)

	--spider

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