Hi, how can I force a sub that is able to return in scalar and list context to use the scalar context? Without using a method I know already. And without changing the return value. Take into account, that 'right' can also be 0 or undef and should not change. Here is what I have done: 
sub xx { wantarray ? ( qw/wrong wrong wrong/ ) : 'right' }

# use scalar to force scalar context
print scalar (xx());

# use prototypes
sub ss($) { return $_[0] }
print ss(xx());

# use the . operator but it change my result. ( invalid try )
print xx() . '';

# use || or && did not work since they change my returned value

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$x->zxy( 
  time => scalar( localtime ), 
  4 => scalar(qw/ 1 2 3 4 /)
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Boris

In reply to how to force scalar context (without scalar())? by borisz

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