Re^2: How to enforce void context in Reply?

As noted in wantarray:

return unless defined wantarray; # don't bother doing more
my @a = complex_calculation();
return wantarray ? @a : "@a";
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Perhaps the OP is using a function that uses that strategy.

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Re^3: How to enforce void context in Reply? by Anonymous Monk on May 19, 2015 at 11:14 UTC
That is detection not enforcement ... language barrier?	[reply]
Re^4: How to enforce void context in Reply? by Anonymous Monk on May 19, 2015 at 12:03 UTC
If there is a `sub foo` that uses the above method of detecting when it is called in void context so that it can do less work; then that would be a reason the caller of `sub foo` (docdurdee) might want to enforce void context on it.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: How to enforce void context in Reply? by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on May 19, 2015 at 14:46 UTC
But doesn't just calling `foo()` in void context `foo();` enforce void context upon the invocation of `foo()`? What need for anything else? Is it ever possible to get a value directly returned from a subroutine invoked in void context, whether "enforced" or "natural" (as in the example above)? (Of course, it's always possible to indirectly return values from subroutines invoked in void context.) Give a man a fish: `<%-(-(-(-<`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: How to enforce void context in Reply? by Anonymous Monk on May 19, 2015 at 14:55 UTC
Re^7: How to enforce void context in Reply? by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on May 19, 2015 at 15:25 UTC
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