On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Michael Lazzaro wrote:
What is the utility of the perl5 behavior:
\($a,$b,$c)
meaning
(\$a, \$b, \$c)
Do people really do that? ... Can someone give an example of an actual,
proper, use?
Yes, I've used it like this:
for (\($a,$b,$c)) {
$$_++;
I would like to chip in in favour of the list is value, array is container
side of the argument. However I think that needs clarifying.
A reference is a value; the thing it refers to is a container.
An anonymous container is a container with no references from any symbol
table. It can lose its
