in reply to Re^6: What does my @x= (undef)x7; do?
in thread What does my @x= (undef)x7; do?

I think this is related to some optimization. Some people like to use $#array = ... because it is faster than explicitly filling the array.

Oh those naughty "some people"; using a defined language feature in the way it was designed.

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