Re^6: ... for (@_) x= 2; (scalar assignment)

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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
Ah, ok. I know three cases where parens matter (aside from when they override precedence or disambiguate syntax): `(...) = ...` vs `... = ...` `(...) x ...` vs `... x ...` `eof` vs `eof()` I think there's another one. For the first two, it was either that or create a new operator. No other operators behave differently based on whether one their operand is list-like or not. It's a pity `=` and `x` didn't adopt the same definition of list-like, but then again, one expects lvalues and the other expects rvalues.	[reply] [d/l] [select]