Re: Change "($one, $two)=" behavior for optimization? (was Re: RFC 175 (v1) Add C keyword to force list context (like C))

[Nathan Torkington]

Peter Scott writes:
> >    >     ($a, $b, $c) = <FH>;
> >    > or
> >    >     @a[4,1,5] = <FH>;
> >    > only read three lines?
> >
> >I think this is a superb idea, and look forward to someone's RFC'ing it.

Should be part of the want() context.  Permit operations to discover
(as does split) how many elements they're being assigned to.

Nat