I don't really care that the behavior of a list slice in a scalar context isn't documented. What I mind is the silly claim that the comment "same as" in a one-line example about a hash slice (or even an array slice) is supposed to be considered as documentation about how a list slice behaves in a scalar context.
By your logic, the line just below that:
%days # (key1, val1, key2, val2 ...)
indicates that %days in a scalar context should return the "last" value of the hash. Or is it only when the magic "same as" words are written that it should become obvious to me that "same to the point of returning the same value in a scalar context" is meant, but not, for example, "same to the point of meaning the same thing when passed to localtime()" or any other possible overextensions of the term "same as"?
So unless you are accepting patches for your logic, I have none to submit. q-:
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tye
(but my friends call me "Tye")