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delete Works Too (Score:1)

by Smylers (2592)

You can also do this with delete instead of splice:

sub get_log { delete @log[0 .. $#log] }

It's slightly slower than splice but you may consider it's closer to documenting your intent.
- Re:delete Works Too (Score:2)
  
  by AndyArmstrong (7200) on 2008.01.20 6:32 (#60391) Homepage Journal
  
  We better not let any civilians see this thread otherwise Perl will get a bad name :)
  
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