Re^4: ... for (@_) x= 2; (scalar assignment)

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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
> It's consistent with all `OP=` operators. You are missing the point, this sub-thread is talking about `x` not `x=` How many operators do you know which depend on the LHS being in brackets or not? Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!}	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^8: ... for (@_) x= 2; (scalar assignment) by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 29, 2015 at 20:03 UTC