(tye)Re: Possible pitfall with Slices

[tye]

I can see points on both sides here. I like a middle ground of a warning for assigning a scalar to a list of more than one element. So no behavior would be changed but under "-w", the following would solicit a warning:

    ( $x, $y )= $z;
    @array[1,2]= $z;
    @hash{qw(a,b)}= $z;
    @hash{@array}= $z x @array; # unless 1==@array

but the following would not:

    ( $x )= $z;
    ( $x, $y )= ( $z );
    @array= $z;  # sorry, I think this has to remain unwarned
    @array[1]= $z;  # but already has its own warning
    @array[1,2]= ( $z );
    @hash{qw(a,b)}= ( $z );
    @hash{@array}= ( $z ) x @array;

Note how this would catch the mistake a senior monk made in this very thread.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")