In article <aanlktintmaprsz+w=scytxg7yfa5utyqgpnwpjcnz...@mail.gmail.com>, Brandon McCaig <bamcc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 2:31 AM, brian d foy <brian.d....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Actually, we call it the "range operator" in Learning Perl. It just > > happens to be in a more general section named "List Literals". Both > > "range operator" and '..' have entries in the indices of Learning Perl > > and Programming Perl. Perhaps you overlooked something. > > I think that Mike McClain was referring to the definition of a list, > not the range operator. :) Well, the indices for both _Learning Perl_ and _Programming Perl_ have entries for "lists" too. The second sentence in the "Lists and Array" chapter of _Learning Perl_ says "A list is an ordered collection of scalars". It's there. I think the complaint is unfounded. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
