Re: RFC 175 (v1) Add C keyword to force list context (like C)

[Tom Christiansen]

>To be consistent, "scalar list" should return the number of elements.

Says who?  $x = ("foo", "bar") produces "bar", not 2.

It's all a big looney tune.  "scalar list" makes negative sense.
If you want a count function, write one, but don't pretend that
"scalar list" is such a thing, nor that "scalar list" is sensible
or useful.

--tom