QM:

The documentation seems clear enough to me, but I can see where a little extra info could help. I think I'd suggest adding "If LENGTH is zero, nothing is removed. " just before the "If LENGTH is omitted" bit. It might also be helpful to rearrange the examples under "The following equivalences hold" bit with a couple comments: 

# delete nothing but add to end or beginning of array:
push @a,$x,$y     splice(@a,@a,0,$x,$y)
unshift @a,$x,$y  splice(@a,0,0,$x,$y)

# Remove first or last item from array:
$t=pop @a         $t=splice(@a,-1)
$t=shift @a       $t=splice(@a,0,1)

# Replace item in middle of array
$a[$i]=$y         splice(@a,$i,1,$y)

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...roboticus

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In reply to Re: Do the Splice Docs on Length Need Tweak? by roboticus
in thread Do the Splice Docs on Length Need Tweak? by QM

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