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Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?

by faq_monk (Initiate)
on Oct 08, 1999 at 00:20 UTC ( [id://621]=perlfaq nodetype: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

Current Perl documentation can be found at perldoc.perl.org.

Here is our local, out-dated (pre-5.6) version:

See defined in the 5.004 release or later of Perl.

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