On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 06:22:57AM -0700, Larry Wall wrote: > : @x[want()] = $_; # scalar context > : @x[want()] = @_; # scalar context > > Maybe "unknown" context, which defaults to list. > > : @x[0,] = want(); # list context > : @x[want(),] = $_; # list context > : @x[want(),] = @_; # list context > : $_ = @x[want()]; # scalar context > : @_ = @x[want()]; # list context > > No, I think they're all list context.
Okay. r2478 has them reverted to the original form, which inspects the declared return type of want() to see if it is a subtype of Scalar; if it is, then it is taken as scalar context; otherwise (or if multiple multisubs are possible), it defaults to list context. Thanks, /Autrijus/
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