Come for the quick hacks, stay for the epiphanies. | |
PerlMonks |
Re^12: If you believe in Lists in Scalar Context, Clap your Handsby BrowserUk (Patriarch) |
on Oct 24, 2008 at 20:45 UTC ( [id://719432]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
The quote is true. Of course, ... If ... it would ... sub ... Believe it or not, I don't need you to explain these things. I know what happens, but that is a side issue to the point the OP was making in his meditation. As it was in thread that preceded it. It's not about what actually happens, it about simple terminology for describing (or analogising) what appears to happen. I've been promoting "an operator/function/sub/expression can't return a list in scalar context". But that is no replacement for the phrase "a list in scalar context". It's a statement about what doesn't happen, not about what does. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
In Section
Meditations
|
|