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Re^6: Seeking Perl docs about how UTF8 flag propagates

by ikegami (Patriarch)
on May 19, 2023 at 16:40 UTC ( [id://11152322]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^5: Seeking Perl docs about how UTF8 flag propagates
in thread Seeking Perl docs about how UTF8 flag propagates

I never once called it a "data structure" or "data type".

But you did say it's returned instead of an array. You didn't use the words "data structure" or "data type", but you repeatedly presented it as something comparable to an array.

And then you started to mix two different meanings of list. (It does not return a "list value", which refers to Perl code.) "List" is a dangerous word to use.

Can you point me to a document that makes this distinction?

Here's where the documentation uses LIST

chmod LIST chomp( LIST ) chop( LIST ) chown LIST die LIST exec LIST exec PROGRAM LIST formline PICTURE,LIST grep BLOCK LIST grep EXPR,LIST import LIST join EXPR,LIST kill SIGNAL, LIST map BLOCK LIST map EXPR,LIST no MODULE VERSION LIST no MODULE LIST open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST pack TEMPLATE,LIST print FILEHANDLE LIST print LIST printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST printf FORMAT, LIST push ARRAY,LIST reverse LIST say FILEHANDLE LIST say LIST sort SUBNAME LIST sort BLOCK LIST sort LIST splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST sprintf FORMAT, LIST syscall NUMBER, LIST system LIST system PROGRAM LIST tie VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST unlink LIST unshift ARRAY,LIST use Module VERSION LIST use Module LIST utime LIST warn LIST

The syntax used to describe the syntax of Perl operators is not documented, but it is consistent. LIST always represents an expression evaluated in list context. (Contrast that with my, our and state which use VARLIST.)

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