On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:06:09 +0200
Leon Timmermans wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 6:21 PM,
> R. Dresens wrote:
> > is still an 'Array()'. So I'm really confused about the
> > intricate difference between...
> >
> > my $x = [1, 2, 3]
> >
> > ...and...
> >
> > my @y = (1, 2, 3); my $x = \
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 6:21 PM, R. Dresens wrote:
> Yes, but aren't captures somehow replacements for references in
> general... and therefore also array references? The reason why I
> assume that is that I (wrongly?) expected a "real" 'Array()' when I
> used the `\` prefix in an expression such
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:31:31 +0200
Leon Timmermans wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 8:30 PM, R. Dresens wrote:
>
> > And what about this?...
> > my $x = [3, 4]; my @y = 1, 2, |$x, 5, 6; say @y.perl;
> I think that you meant to do is this:
>
> my $x = [3, 4]; my @y = 1, 2, @($x), 5, 6;
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:55:39 -0700
Darren Duncan wrote:
> R. Dresens wrote:
> > I have some issues with the behavior related to array references
> > and their actual replacements known as "captures" (as far as I'm
> > correct).
> Captures are not replacements for Arrays in general; they serve
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 8:30 PM, R. Dresens wrote:
> And what about this?...
>
> my $x = [3, 4]; my @y = 1, 2, |$x, 5, 6; say @y.perl;
>
> ...I actually expected `[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]`, since I was under the
> impression that the '|' was some kind of "flatten" or
> "interpolation" operator.
>
>
R. Dresens wrote:
I have some issues with the behavior related to array references and
their actual replacements known as "captures" (as far as I'm correct).
Captures are not replacements for Arrays in general; they serve different
purposes.
Use an Array when you want to have a simple ordered
