On 5/11/05, Juerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jonathan Scott Duff skribis 2005-05-11 11:45 (-0500): > > 1. specialise ()[] to parse as (,)[] > > 2. scalars are singleton lists, so ()[] naturally > > 3. make (1)[0] die horribly. > > #2 implies that (1)[0][0][0][0] == 1 > > #1 means that (1)[0] == 1 and (1)[0][0] is an error > > #1 also means that ($aref)[0] is $aref, rather than $aref[0]. > > I pick #2, also because I think being able to pass scalars where arrays > are expected simplifies other parts of the language as well.
#2 is also more intuitive and comfortable. () in P5 constructs a list, which is why (split ' ', $foo)[0] works so nicely.
