Re: proposed addition to perlvar

On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Abigail wrote:

> Just because a construct is documented does not imply it's encouraged.
> It's important for documentation to be complete. In a section showing
> an example of '$#', the example should preferable have as few other
> things as possible - I would prefer the above over any foreach construct.
> These lines are about $#. Not foreach. Not ranges. And it is code that
> people will encounter - and consult the documentation for.
>
> Let's stay clear of a -1 vs. $#a preference debate. This part of the
> documentation is not the place.

True, but this part of the documentation isn't even ABOUT $#array, it's 
about $#. So it should certainly minimise what it discusses about 
$#array.

Anyhow, I think this was fixed and cleared up with the last patch.

Matt.