RE: perl 6 requirements

[Brust, Corwin]

But is this useful?

sub baz { return ( 'one','two' ) }

my ($foo, $bar) = &baz; # $foo == 'one', $bar == 'two'

-Corwin

-----Original Message-----
From: Chaim Frenkel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 3:10 PM
To: Piers Cawley
Cc: Ted Ashton; Tom Christiansen; Simon Cozens; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
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Subject: Re: perl 6 requirements


>>>>> "PC" == Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> How locked in to your brain is this lack of consistency? How un-perlish
>> would it be to cleanup, crypto-context, or the meaning of a list in
>> a scalar context, or ...

PC> Don't you go touching the meaning of a list in a scalar context.
PC> That's bloody useful that is.

I don't find this meaningful:

        sub foo() {  return (1,7) }
        $x = &foo();            # $x == 7;

<chaim>
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