Re^3: ... for (@_) x= 2; (scalar assignment)

the documentation says that x can only act like a list repeater in list context.

> > In list context, if the left operand is enclosed in parentheses or is a list formed by qw/STRING/, it repeats the list.

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Re^4: ... for (@_) x= 2; (scalar assignment) by rsFalse (Chaplain) on Dec 29, 2015 at 14:38 UTC
Thanks :) . Now I catched it!	[reply]
Re^5: ... for (@_) x= 2; (scalar assignment) by LanX (Saint) on Dec 29, 2015 at 14:56 UTC
It's one of these DWIM edge case implementations which make Perl less orthogonal. :-/ Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!}	[reply]
Re^6: ... for (@_) x= 2; (scalar assignment) by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 29, 2015 at 15:07 UTC
It's not an edge case. It's consistent with all `OP=` operators. The reason is simple: You can't evaluate an expression as a boolean and as a list.	[reply]
Re^7: ... for (@_) x= 2; (scalar assignment) by LanX (Saint) on Dec 29, 2015 at 15:17 UTC
Re^8: ... for (@_) x= 2; (scalar assignment) by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 29, 2015 at 20:03 UTC