Hi,

I am a bit surprised by this: 

my @a = ("a", "b");

my $x = @a;
my $y = ("a", "b");

print "$x $y\n";   # prints "2 b"

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I understand the first bit. I assign an array to a scalar, so the array is evaluated in scalar context, giving it's size, so $x is 2.

But the second bit is surprising to me...

I would have expected $y also to be 2, but instead the last element of the list is used instead (add more elements and you'll see it's always the last).

Is that intentional or documented somewhere (I am running 5.16.2)?

It certainly violates the principle of least surprise for me but maybe there is a good reason for this behaviour...

Can someone enlighten me?

In reply to arrays and lists, hmmm by morgon

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