[Boston.pm] delete($_[2]); doesn't

"Greg London" <email-2Ro/Dj86MvDSUeElwK9/[email protected]> Thu, 19 Dec 2019 14:53:33 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.perl.perl-mongers.boston
Message-ID <[email protected]>
use Data::Dumper;

sub killer{
	delete($_[2]);
}

my @list = qw( alpha bravo charlie delta echo fox);
print Dumper \@list;
killer(@list);
print Dumper \@list;


I would expect the second Dumper statement to show one less element.
Greg