On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:33:15AM +0100, Moritz Lenz wrote: : pugs, rakudo and elf all agree that [1..4].elems should be 4 - and I : agree too. : : What about : sub f(@a) { @a.elems }; say f([1, 2, 3, 4]) : Again all three implementations say that it's 4, and I'm confused. : : Now for : say elems [1, 2, 3, 4] : pugs says 4, rakudo says 1, and elf says "Undefined subroutine : &GLOBAL::elems called". : Now, which one is right? : : What about : say elems([1, 2, 3, 4],) : pugs says 4, rakudo says 1, and elf says... you get the picture.
Pugs is correct. The first arg binds to @a in every case. Larry