the question of comparing two arrays for equality is more complex than you appear to think
I am actually well aware of the complexities of testing for equalities in arrays. But I have also used (admittedly archaic) scripting languages where array1 == array2 tested for byte-length equality, or where the same tested equality for all elements. Either of those cases were not what the OP was looking for, but for a "number of elements" comparison.

It is, however, nice to know that there are no plans to alter the current behavior of @array1 == @array2 in Perl 6; thank you for that nugget.

radiantmatrix
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In reply to Re^5: DBI SQL adding array of values by radiantmatrix
in thread DBI SQL adding array of values by pmtolk

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