Package: perl Version: 5.8.8-7etch6 Severity: normal Hi,
Perl does not handle large array indexes correctly: % perl -e '$a[23] = "foo\n"; print $a[1 + ~1];' foo FTR: That '1 + ~1' produces expected results when not used as an array index: % perl -e 'print 1 + ~1, $/;' 4294967295 While I do not expect Perl to handle arbitrary large array indexes, it would be very nice to get a warning in that case instead of a random (well, it actually seems to be always the last) element of the array. Cheers, Sebastian -- Sebastian "tokkee" Harl +++ GnuPG-ID: 0x8501C7FC +++ http://tokkee.org/ Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
