look, I don't mean to go on a rant here, but... <DennisMiller>
I want to create a tied array to simplify using bit vectors. The array would have the behaviour such that in scalar context of the array, I would access a stored integer value. when indexing into the array, I would access an individual bit into that integer, converting the integer to a binary number, and the index would be the bit index into the number. I got it to work, sort of. the code that uses this tied array looks like this: ###################### SmartArray::new(my @arr); $#arr=8; # 1000 binary $arr[1]=1; # 1010 binary print "arr is "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"\n"; # arr is 10 ###################### why is it that during FETCHSIZE I can use @arr, like I do in the print statement. But when I want to invoke STORESIZE, I have to use $#arr instead of @arr=8; ??? shouldn't @arr be scalar context unless it is fetching or storing a list? if I wanted to store a list into @arr, I would have said @arr = ( 10 ); this makes it a pain to use because I have to use $#arr to assign to it, but @arr to read it. $#arr = 8; my $val = @arr; it's just weird. is there a way to assign to @arr and have it kick into STORESIZE instead of just STORE? The whole idea is to have code that looks like this: @arr=8; $arr[1]=1; my $value = @arr; <\DennisMiller> _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
