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in reply to Re^8: Not understanding 2 sentences in perldoc
in thread Not understanding 2 sentences in perldoc

c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my ($x, $y, $z); ;; ($x, $y, $z) = qw( 1 2 3 ); print qq{$x, $y, $z}; ;; (($x, $y, $z) = qw( 1 2 3 )) = qw( a b c ); print qq{$x, $y, $z}; ;; ((($x, $y, $z) = qw( 1 2 3 )) = qw( a b c )) = qw(foo bar baz); print qq{$x, $y, $z}; " 1, 2, 3 a, b, c foo, bar, baz
The expression  ($x, $y, $z) = ... evaluates to a list of assignable values, i.e., lvalues.
The expression  ($x, $y, $z) = RHS evaluates to the list of assignable values, i.e., lvalues, $x, $y, $z.

And likewise with

c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my ($x, $y, $z) = qw( 1 2 3 ); print qq{$x, $y, $z}; ;; (my ($u, $v, $w) = qw( 1 2 3 )) = qw( a b c ); print qq{$u, $v, $w}; ;; ((my ($r, $s, $t) = qw( 1 2 3 )) = qw( a b c )) = qw(foo bar baz); print qq{$r, $s, $t}; " 1, 2, 3 a, b, c foo, bar, baz


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