On 2003-02-07 at 14:26:42, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> Not really, though. A list can be an lvalue, provided it is a list
> of lvalues:
>
> ($a, $b, $c) = 1,2,3;
Forgot the parens on the right side, there:
($a, $b, $c) = (1,2,3);
> But they certainly aren't lvalues:
>
> [$a,$b,$c] = 1,2,3; => error
[$a, $b, $c] = (1,2,3) => still an error
Just to flesh it out:
[$a, $b, $c] = [1,2,3] => still an error
($a, $b, $c) = [1,2,3] => not an error; $a is [1,2,3],
$b and $c undef.
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