Re: RFC 355 (v1) Leave $[ alone.

[Bart Lateur]

On 30 Sep 2000 20:13:55 -0000, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:

>But setting $[ = 1 is the mathematically correct method for
>array addressing and makes it easier for ordinary mortals to do
>basic tasks with C<substr()>, array addressing and the like.

I sure don't want the fact that a scripter decides to change $[, make
used modules fail, because the module's author didn't anticipate that.

Does this not imply that $[ should become lexically scoped?

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        Bart.