"TC" == Tom Christiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't want to jam a list into anything. I want it to remain a list.
TC Then it won't fit. Don't you understand? YOU CANNOT LET IT REMAIN
TC A LIST AND PUT ALL THOSE THINGS IN A SCALAR SLOT.
sub fn { return (3,5,7) }
$x = fn; # I
Think of it this way: you're asking that when you write
return WHATEVER;
(for various values of WHATEVER) that *sometimes* it's context
dependent, and sometimes it's not. Right now, it always is,
which is more consistent, predictable, and explainable than the
alternative.
Or maybe you're
There is a fundemental issue on how values are passed between
threads. Does the value leave one thread and enter the other or are
they shared.
The idea tossed around -internals was that a value that crosses a thread
boundary would have a wrapper/proxy attached to handle the mediation.
The
