Re: code to get the first line of an array

Destructive to the array - isn't that a bit of an overstatement? shift does what it says; it shifts the first element of the array out. It therefore "modifies" rather than "destroys".

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Re^2: code to get the first line of an array by tlm (Prior) on Jul 12, 2005 at 10:26 UTC
monarch's usage is pretty standard, I think. For example, destructive (~ function) Capable of modifying its arguments. That's from here. the lowliest monk	[reply]
Re^2: code to get the first line of an array by pg (Canon) on Jul 12, 2005 at 07:38 UTC
That statement hit me too. As far as most people are concerned, a destructor should deallocate all the resources an object owns (in a loose sense, not strictly an OO object, here I consider an array as an object). shift obviously does not meet that criteria, it is just a usual method.	[reply]