Aaron Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 11:30:01AM -0700, David Whipp wrote:
>> > > More, someone has mentioned the %x{$_}++ feature, which IMHO, MUST
>> > > continue to work.
>> >
>> > What is void plus one?
>>
>> Can't we utilize the lazy arrays stuff to make all this work.
>> Out of the box, all entries could default to NaN. But its easy
>> to write
>>
>> @a ^= 0;
>>
>> to change this default. I'm sure this could be extended to work
>> with hashes. I'm not sure what the correct syntax is, though.
>
> Nope.
>
> my @a;
> @a ^= 0;
> print @a
>
> Are you saying that this should print an infinite number of zeros?
Unlikely, since the hyper operator is lazy. I submit it should print
the empty string.
This is all nastiness arising from the bloody stupid suggestion that
undef numify to NaN isn't it?
--
Piers
