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

This is for a script at work
And they run perl 5.8



On Wed, January 8, 2020 7:57 pm, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>> "Greg" == Greg London <email-2Ro/Dj86MvDSUeElwK9/[email protected]> writes:
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> Greg> use Data::Dumper;
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> Greg> sub killer{
> Greg> 	delete($_[2]);
> Greg> }
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> Greg> my @list = qw( alpha bravo charlie delta echo fox);
> Greg> print Dumper \@list;
> Greg> killer(@list);
> Greg> print Dumper \@list;
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> Greg> I would expect the second Dumper statement to show one less
> element. Greg> Greg
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> This is a relatively modern feature.  How old is your Perl?
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