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From: pett@cgl.ucsf.edu (Eric Pettersen)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: length operator
Keywords: quibble
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Date: 15 Feb 90 20:06:35 GMT
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	IMHO, the "length" operator should not allow the "length EXPR" syntax.
I often want to handle "length-2" which, because the above syntax is legal,
forces me to write "length($_) - 2" instead.  Not to mention causing me some
lost time while trying to figure out why "length-2" doesn't work.  This has
probably caught other people as well.  Does "length EXPR" have any supporters?

				Eric Pettersen
				pett@cgl.ucsf.edu
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