in reply to Re: Re: Small question: Why can't I print "@-"?
in thread Small question: Why can't I print "@-"?

You're right, my mistake. I tested with perl 5.8 and 5.00503, but not 5.6 or 5.6.1. Evidently 5.8 recognizes @- as an array without disambiguation via @{-} where versions up to at least 5.6.1 do not.

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