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actually you have proven how problematic the wording "list in scalar context" is:

I disagree with that. scalar keyword that looks like a function is the real source of the problem here.

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Re^9: Match operator giving unexpected output
by LanX (Saint) on Jan 14, 2015 at 05:37 UTC
    What?

    You can easily replace all scalar with $a= in the demonstrated code, without any different outcome.

    Cheers Rolf

    PS: Je suis Charlie!

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