On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 04:01:24PM -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> : > What should $foo = (1,2,3) do now? Should it be the same as what
> : > $foo = [1,2,3]; did in Perl 6? (This is assuming that $foo=@INC does what
> : > $foo = \@INC; does now.) Putting it another way: does a list in scalar
> : > context turn into a reference, or is it just arrays that do that?
> :
> : Just arrays, I believe.
>
> That hasn't actually been decided yet. There are good arguments on
> both sides.
Can someone post a few ? I am open to what are the pros/cons
but right now my mind is thinking " Whats the benefit of making
$a=(1,2,3); be the same as $a=[1,2,3]; when it could do something
different, ie what it does in perl5"
Graham.
