In scalar context, a list is the length of the list.

No. No. There's no such thing as a list in a scalar context. So there can't be a "rule" like this.

An operator has a "scalar definition" and a "list definition". The scalar definition for regex match is a boolean indicator. See my other post.

There are no "scalar definitions" which return a list. Period.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
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