The context in which a subscript is evaluated is no longer controlled by the sigil either. Subscripts are always evaluated in list context. +(More specifically, they are evaluated in a variant of list context +known as I<slice> context, which preserves dimensional information +so that you can do multi-dimensional slices using semicolons. However, +each slice dimension evaluates its sublist in normal list context, +so functions called as part of a subscript don't see a slice context. +See S09 for more on slice context.)
So a function can only supply values for one dimension? Given @array[foo;bar] each function is called in list context and returns a list for one of the dimensions. But what if you wanted a function to replace the literal subscript in: @array[1,2;1;3] @array[foo] # what does foo return to be equiv to the first line? My guess is that I could write @array[@@ foo] or in a mixed example @array[1;@@ foo;2] # foo returns (1;1) In any case, examples such as these would help. --John
