$# is long deprecated

It's true that the special perl variable $# is deprecated, but hippo is using "$#" in a different, quite allowable, context:

C:\_32>perl -le "print $#;"
$# is no longer supported as of Perl 5.30 at -e line 1.

C:\_32>perl -wle "@x=(7,8,9);print $#x;"
2
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Cheers,
Rob