On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilm...@ilmari.org> wrote: > That's because encode_json has a prototype[1], which changes how the > argument list is parsed: no longer just as a flat list of values like a > normal function. Specifically, it has a prototype of '$', which means > it only takes one argument, which is evaluated in scalar context. So > the first example is a syntax error, but in the second example the > parenthesised expression is the single argument. Becuse it's in scalar > context, the comma is actually the scalar comma operator, not the list > element separator, so the return value is the right-hand side of the > comma (just like in C), not the length of the would-be list.
ron-swanson-throws-away-computer.gif Well, thank you for the explanation. I'll make that change. --Jacob
