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Karl Glazebrook wrote: > Ilya Zakharevich wrote: > > f(3*@a) > > > > would typically be a list context - and suddently instead of 3*(1+$#a) > > you get C<map 3*$_, @a>. > > This is true, what I would propose is we declare 3*(1+$#a) outmoded and > always have it mean C<map 3*$_, @a> in all contexts. > > This of course will break perl5 code. Note mine because I always say > 3*scalar(@a) because 3*@a does not look like 3*(1+$#a) to me. I don't > know how many people would depend on that feature. > The P52P6 converter would map: @arr1 op @arr2 to scalar(@arr1) op scalar(@arr2) in a list context (and the equivalent for '$scalar op @arr' of course).Thread Previous | Thread Next