Re: scalar dereferencing.

2005-06-17 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 02:29:08PM -0500, Rod Adams wrote: : Don't you mean: : :13 :4 :4 : : ? Er, yes. Sorry I've been spouting vaguely incoherent spoutings this week, but I've been up several times every night trying to deal with a masked bandit that likes to sneak in the cat doo

Re: scalar dereferencing.

2005-06-17 Thread Joshua Gatcomb
On 6/17/05, Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 03:56:50AM +0800, Autrijus Tang wrote: > : > : my $x = 3; > : my $y = \$x; > : say $y + 10; > : $y++; > : say $y; > : say $x; > : > I suspect people will find that counterintuitive. A more consiste

Re: scalar dereferencing.

2005-06-17 Thread Rod Adams
Larry Wall wrote: On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 03:56:50AM +0800, Autrijus Tang wrote: : : my $x = 3; : my $y = \$x; : say $y + 10; : $y++; : say $y; : say $x; : : Currently in Pugs they print: : : 13 : 4 : 3 : : Is this sane? What is the scalar reference's s

Re: scalar dereferencing.

2005-06-17 Thread Larry Wall
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 03:56:50AM +0800, Autrijus Tang wrote: : : my $x = 3; : my $y = \$x; : say $y + 10; : $y++; : say $y; : say $x; : : Currently in Pugs they print: : : 13 : 4 : 3 : : Is this sane? What is the scalar reference's semantics in face of a :