Re^3: Data::Dumper and printf

[LanX]

one confusing thing is that printf and sprintf have different prototypes!

  DB<108> prototype "CORE::sprintf"
 => "\$\@"
 
  DB<109> prototype "CORE::printf"
 => undef

so sprintf @array will evaluate the array in scalar context, such that now the number of elements will be interpreted as format string...