if ($ary[5] eq '') {print "ok 9\n";} else {print "not ok 9\n";}
-$#ary += 1; # see if we can recover element 5
+$#ary += 1; # see if element 5 gone for good
if ($#ary == 5) {print "ok 10\n";} else {print "not ok 10\n";}
-if ($ary[5] == 5) {print "ok 11\n";} else {print "not ok 11\n";}
+if (defined $ary[5]) {print "not ok 11\n";} else {print "ok 11\n";}
$[ = 0;
@foo = ();