Elizabeth Mattijsen via RT wrote: >.VAR reveals the properties of the underlying container of the object >it is used on. For an array, this *IS* the same for each element.
No, .VAR really is yielding two different objects that behave differently. It's not just the ancillary properties of the container; the contained value can be reached from the .VAR object. I don't see anything as simple to use as getter and setter methods on Scalar to access the contained value, but method calls on the Scalar that are not applicable to the Scalar itself, such as .say, get passed through to the contained value. > @a[0].VAR.say 22 > @a[1].VAR.say 33 > my $x = @a[0].VAR 22 > my $y = @a[1].VAR 33 > $x.WHAT.say (Scalar) > $y.WHAT.say (Scalar) > $x.say 22 > $y.say 33 > $x === $y True -zefram
