I would like to chip in in favour of the "list is value, array is container"
side of the argument. However I think that needs clarifying.
A reference is a value; the thing it refers to is a container.
An anonymous container is a container with no references from any symbol
table. It can lose it
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Michael Lazzaro wrote:
> What is the utility of the perl5 behavior:
>
> \($a,$b,$c)
>
> meaning
>
> (\$a, \$b, \$c)
>
> Do people really do that? ... Can someone give an example of an actual,
> proper, use?
Yes, I've used it like this:
for (\($a,$b,$c)) {
