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lib/Acme/Array/MaxSize.pm  view on Meta::CPAN

  use Acme::Array::MaxSize;

  tie my @short, 'Acme::Array::MaxSize', 3;
  @short = (1 .. 10);
  print "@short";  # 1 2 3

=head1 DETAILS

When adding new elements, if the maximal size is reached, all other
elements are thrown away.

  tie my @short, 'Acme::Array::MaxSize', 3;
  @short = ('a');
  push @short, 'b' .. 'h';
  print "@short";  # a b c

Inserting elements at the B<very beginning> behaves differently,
though. Each C<unshift> or C<splice> would insert the maximal possible
number of elements B<at the end> of the inserted list: