On Monday 01 July 2002 02:30 pm, Uri Guttman wrote: > >>>>> "AW" == Ashley Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > AW> Also, where does $() come in? Is statement scalarification ever > AW> useful outside a string? > > it is the same as scalar() in perl5. it provides scalar context if used > outside a string.
If the parallel is so close, I assume these 'context' constructs also work? *(squish()) &(@lazy) @x = *(@foo, @bar, @baz) => concatenate @x := &(foo(), @bar, baz()) => very lazy @x = *(*@baz) => squash a 2d array down to 1d? Perhaps it's enough to list these coercive functions/operators? bit($arg) int($arg) num($arg) str($arg) obj($arg), $scalar, %hash, @array, &foo, \$ref scalar($arg), $($arg), $arg list($arg), ($arg) flat(@arg), *(@arg), *@arg lazy(@arg), &(@arg), &@arg That could make sigil handling pretty easy. $$$$foo would mean $($($($foo))) and so forth. Perhaps that's too much? Ashley Winters
