Re^2: Is there a wantobject like wantarray?

I think that's more or less how want works , it returns an objectš which unfolds according to the context.

But I have to admit I never delved too deep into this area of Damian's creativity. :)

Cheers Rolf

_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)}

š) or tied value? (which is actually not very different)

should be mentioned that this comes with a performance penalty, because even simple scalars need to be "unfolded".

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Re^3: Is there a wantobject like wantarray? by tobyink (Canon) on Sep 26, 2014 at 00:31 UTC
No, Want isn't even Damian's module. I think you may be thinking of Contextual::Return. Want is far more spooky than that. It examines the OP tree to figure out how the return value is going to be used. toby döt ink	[reply]
Re^4: Is there a wantobject like wantarray? by LanX (Saint) on Sep 26, 2014 at 08:14 UTC
Oops! I read the authors section too quickly, saw Damian's name and thought he gave up maintenance. Sorry! :) But inspecting the OP tree of the caller? That's possible ? Interesting! Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)}	[reply]
Re^5: Is there a wantobject like wantarray? by tobyink (Canon) on Sep 26, 2014 at 09:00 UTC
"But inspecting the OP tree of the caller? That's possible ?" Yeah, it's easy peasy. You just do this. ;-) toby döt ink	[reply]
Re^6: Is there a wantobject like wantarray? by LanX (Saint) on Sep 26, 2014 at 09:08 UTC