>>>>> "Chaim" == Chaim Frenkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Chaim> I don't find this meaningful:
Chaim> sub foo() { return (1,7) }
Chaim> $x = &foo(); # $x == 7;
I do. It's perfectly consistent.
$x = SUBROUTINE CALL
...
SUBROUTINE CALL = (1,7)
You just factor out the subroutine call there. It's the same
as
$x = (1,7) # $x is 7
I've never gotten why you don't get that. :) It's a very simple rule:
the return context is the context of the invocation, and is determined
at runtime as well as being detectable at runtime (see wantarray()) if
you want to do something special.
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