Re: RFC: [] as the solitary list constructor

[Luke Palmer]

> Do parens still provide list context on the left side of an assignment?
> What do these two do:
>
>   my $x = @ARGS;
>   my ($y) = @ARGS;
>
> Parens just grouping suggests that C<$x> and C<$y> should be the same
> (which may well be good, as it's a subtle distinction which trips up
> many beginners in Perl 5).  If so, what's the preferred way of getting
> the 'other' behaviour?

Maybe:?

        my ($y) ^= @ARGS;

Luke