Re (tilly) 2 (expectations): Apparent Inconsistencies in Perl Function Naming

[tilly]

in reply to Re: Apparent Inconsistencies in Perl Function Naming
in thread Apparent Inconsistencies in Perl Function Naming

Nat's suggestion fails to meet my expectations. Mine would be that length should work something like this:

sub length {
  if (1 == @_) {
    return CORE::length(shift);
  }
  else {
    return map {CORE::length($_)} @_;
  }
}

IOW return a list of lengths instead of the number of things in the array. (Which I can easily get anyways.)

Perl can't match both my expectations and princepawn's...

[swiftone]

IOW return a list of lengths instead of the number of things in the array. (Which I can easily get anyways.)

Really then, shouldn't length return a list or a scalar depending on the context in which it was called? :)

Note to all: If you don't see the humor in this, reread the thread

[tilly]

Way ahead of you, length should return a list or a scalar depending on the context in which it was called. A conclusion I came to in Re (tilly) 3: Apparent Inconsistencies in Perl Function Naming...