In a message dated Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Noah White writes: > > On Sunday, October 6, 2002, at 01:50 AM, Brent Dax wrote: > > > Parens don't construct lists EVER! They only group elements > > syntactically. One common use of parens is to surround a > > comma-separated list, but the *commas* are creating the list, *not* the > > parens! > > > > Following this rule would mean that > > $a = (); # $a is a list reference with 0 elements > > should not be a list reference at all and would appear inconsistent.
No, because there are zero commas. Squint and you can see them. :-) Trey
