On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 10:44:30AM -0000, Piotr Fusik wrote:
> > > + $x = 1 for $[ = 0;
> > > + pass('optimized assignment to $[ used to segfault in scalar
> context');
> > > + if (($[) = 0) { $x = 1 }
> > > + pass('optimized assignment to $[ used to segfault in list
> context');
> > >
> > > Looks like the descriptions of contexts are swapped (i.e.
> "for" should be
> > > "list", "if" should be "scalar").
> >
> > No, the first assignment is in scalar context and the second (with
> > parentheses) is in list context. But the results of the assignments are
> > taken in list and scalar contexts, respectively, which I suppose is a
> > little confusing.
>
> I thought "the assignment" is "the = operator". So:
> "for $[ = 0" is scalar assignment in list context.
> "if (($[) = 0)" is list assignment in scalar context.
> Am I wrong?
No, you are correct. I believe Rick was speaking imprecisely, meaning
that the first assignment is a scalar assignment and the the second a
list assignment.
