On 2003-02-11 at 17:12:52, Joseph F. Ryan wrote: > > (@a,@b,@c).pop > > This doesn't make any sense, since pop modifies the pop-ee. > What do you expect should happen here? > > > > > > [@a,@b,@c].pop > > > Same as above. Except that the Perl5 equivalent, ugly as the syntax may be, works fine:
pop @{[@a,@b,@c]} It creates an anonymous array, then removes the last element, leaving two elements in the array - which is irrelevant since the array is then discarded completely. I don't see any reason to change this behavior for Perl6. -- Mark REED | CNN Internet Technology 1 CNN Center Rm SW0831G | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Atlanta, GA 30348 USA | +1 404 827 4754