Re^2: Order of execution of functions in list

has no side-effects

shift() actually modifies @_, isn't it side-effect?
if shift()s executed in different order, result will be different.

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Re^3: Order of execution of functions in list by LanX (Saint) on Sep 13, 2013 at 14:00 UTC
Imho a main effect cause its a builtin function. Do you expect `sub inc { return $_[0] + 1}` to cause ambiguity ? Ok ... Maybe better phrased "a well defined effect" my definition of side was to restricted. Cheers Rolf ( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)	[reply] [d/l]