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From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: alpha numbers
Message-ID: <1991Jun23.200134.18835@pronto.mh.nl>
Date: 23 Jun 91 20:01:34 GMT
Sender: jv@pronto.mh.nl (Johan Vromans)
Reply-To: Johan Vromans <jv@mh.nl>
Organization: Multihouse Automation, the Netherlands
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Perl 4.010, System Ultrix/RISC, GCC compiled.

Exhibit 1:

	$a = "1a";
	$b = $a + 1;

I would have expected an error (or at least a warning).

Exhibit 2:

	$a = "1a";
	$a++;

IMHO, the correct value for $a should now be "1b", not 2.

	Johan
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