Empty associative array

[deadalnix]

On Monday, 9 August 2021 at 13:10:53 UTC, Dukc wrote:
> ...however, if you initialize `a` with `emptyAA.dup` it will 
> again be `null`!
>
> I believe we can only conclude that empty AA's are not supposed 
> to rely on being non-`null`. Sorry Walter - in my eyes this is 
> a design failure.

I don't think this is a much of a problem, after all, .dup is 
meant to create a new identity, and you can't really rely on that 
identity being anything specific.

That being said, yes, there is clearly some level of snafu 
involved in that design.