Re^3: I wrote some clever code - can the comment "defuse" it? (stab at restructuring)

I don't like it either, but the alternative requires an index variable and some math in the index range for a slice, which I find awfully icky. I'm surprised by the number of people who were caught out by the splice though - I use it in similar fashion as I do here pretty frequently, so it's a familiar sight.

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Re: Re^3: I wrote some clever code - can the comment "defuse" it? (stab at restructuring) by ferrency (Deacon) on Jun 18, 2003 at 16:15 UTC
There are alternatives to either destroying `@letters` or using an index. Two I can think of off the top of my head are `local @letters` (unless it's lexical, which it probably is) or a temporary variable (`my @l = @letters` and change the code to use that instead). I can't say I like using an additional temp var here, but it is another possibility :) Alan	[reply] [d/l] [select]


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