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lib/Classic/Perl.pm  view on Meta::CPAN

  split //, "smat";
  print join " ", @_; # prints "s m a t"

  no Classic::Perl;
  @_ = ();
  split //, "smat";
  print join " ", @_;
    # prints "s m a t" in perl 5.10.x; nothing in 5.12

  use Classic::Perl '$[';
  $[ = 1;
  print qw(a b c d)[2]; # prints "b"

  use Classic::Perl '$*';
  $* = 1;
  print "yes\n" if "foo\nbar" =~ /^bar/; # prints yes

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Classic::Perl restores some Perl features that have been deleted in the
latest versions. By 'classic' we mean as of perl 5.8.x.

t/arybase.t  view on Meta::CPAN

use Test::More tests => 24;

is(qw(a b c d e f)[4], "e");
is(substr("abcdef", 4, 1), "e");

use Classic::Perl qw($[);

is(qw(a b c d e f)[4], "e");
is(substr("abcdef", 4, 1), "e");

$[ = 2;

is(qw(a b c d e f)[4], "c");
is(substr("abcdef", 4, 1), "c");

{
 local $[ = 3;
 is(qw(a b c d e f)[4], "b");
 is(substr("abcdef", 4, 1), "b");
}

is(qw(a b c d e f)[4], "c");
is(substr("abcdef", 4, 1), "c");

{
 local $[ = 1;
 is(qw(a b c d e f)[4], "d");
 is(substr("abcdef", 4, 1), "d");
}

is(qw(a b c d e f)[4], "c");
is(substr("abcdef", 4, 1), "c");

{
 local($[) = 1;
 is(qw(a b c d e f)[4], "d");
 is(substr("abcdef", 4, 1), "d");
}

is(qw(a b c d e f)[4], "c");
is(substr("abcdef", 4, 1), "c");

{
 local $[ = 0;
 is(qw(a b c d e f)[4], "e");
 is(substr("abcdef", 4, 1), "e");
}

is(qw(a b c d e f)[4], "c");
is(substr("abcdef", 4, 1), "c");

$[ = 0;

is(qw(a b c d e f)[4], "e");
is(substr("abcdef", 4, 1), "e");

1;