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From: Chris Siebenmann <cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu>
To: rc@archone.tamu.edu
Subject: Re: Where is the list ??
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1992 20:07:30 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <92Jun4.200735edt.2732@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: egs's message of Tue, 02 Jun 92 22:11:03 -0400. <9206030211.AA26783@cs.Princeton.EDU>

 $1 is unassignable-to because it's a fake variable; it's really $*(1),
and you can't assign to sepperate array elements. It might be an error
for rc to not complain. You can assign to $* wholesale, either replacing
or augmenting it; I've done this on occasion.

	- cks


      reply	other threads:[~1992-06-05  0:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1992-06-03  2:11 Emin Gun Sirer
1992-06-05  0:07 ` Chris Siebenmann [this message]

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