Re: $#="%c"; possible bug

That could be why I get

[23:26:02.98]
P:\test> perl -we "$#='%c'; print ord ('k'), $/;"
Use of $# is deprecated at -e line 1.
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from 5.8.3?

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Re: Re: $#="%c"; possible bug by ambrus (Abbot) on Feb 20, 2004 at 23:39 UTC
Perl 5.00503 and all others print that message too. But I don't see a note in perldoc anywhere that it would cause such disasters. It's simply depr.	[reply]