$scalar{index} syntax

From: Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 05:09:42 +0000
Subject: $scalar{index} syntax
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trying to fix bugs in some PEAR code, i noticed the person used a way of getting at the individual characters in a string: $string{2} === substr($string,2,1) is that old syntax or something? is there any reason to expect it to work in future versions? thanks

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