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From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: How about a finicky printf()?
Keywords: printf, format string, bounds checking
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Date: 23 Jun 91 11:46:15 GMT
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If I want my array bounds checked, I'll do so myself, using the defined()
operator or $# or something else.  Use -w if you're worried about
inappropriately using something before it's defined.  As for printf and
sprintf behaving as they do, this makes it easier to write variatic
functions: sprintf($mask, @args).  Perl is more forgiving that C: if you
blow something, you don't get a coredump, you (usually) just get a null
value.  I happen to like this.

--tom
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