Ingo Blechschmidt skribis 2005-09-09 15:12 (+0200): > I agree that the comma operator creates an anonymous array, but I do not > agree that it behaves as if it has [] around it. > > Creating an anonymous array does not require creating new containers --
So comma in scalar context creates an array of aliases? That would be a welcome difference. > should change $bar to $baz (you reminded me of this property of > &infix:<,> in Infix? Infix operators are binary, comma is not. > > I think the comma operator in scalar context should not create arrays, Provided the new insight about comma creating an array of aliases rather than copies, I retract this. Juerd -- http://convolution.nl/maak_juerd_blij.html http://convolution.nl/make_juerd_happy.html http://convolution.nl/gajigu_juerd_n.html