Resending due to BT doing bad things to good nameservers. Damian Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > $val = (foo())[0]; > > > > > > List? > > > > Scalar, obviously. > > How do you figure that? (Not a criticism: I'd really like to understand your > thought process here so I can assess the relative DWIMity of the two > alternatives). I figure I'm going mad actually. Misread the initial post. I'm now thinking that (foo())[0] is distinct from (foo()).[0], or foo[0] or all the other options. -- Piers "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewrite." -- Jane Austen?