Binding scalars to aggregates

[Ingo Blechschmidt]

Hi,

    my @array     = <a b c>;
    my $arrayref := @array;

    push $arrayref, "c";
    say [EMAIL PROTECTED];               # a b c d, no problem

    $arrayref = [<d e f>];
    say [EMAIL PROTECTED];               # d e f, still no problem

    $arrayref = 42;            # !!! 42 is not a Ref of Array

Should the last line be treated as
    $arrayref = (42,);
which, as the LHS is in scalar context, would auto-referize to
    $arrayref = [42];
which would work?

Or should that be an error?

(FWIW, I favour option 2.)


--Ingo

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