Insufficient.

What if the thing in the brackets is a function call? Normally the context drives whether the function "wants" to return a list or scalar. Instead, it seems that what the function does return matters? But then context is propagating in the wrong direction at runtime.

Also, is this a case where it really does treat a @name variable different from a scalar variable that holds a (ref to) a list? That could be an answer to a previous question, for real differences.

Can you give an example of your update, too? My reading teaches me that parens are only used for grouping, not to trigger context. (OTOH returning pairs seems to violate this principle too)

—John

In reply to Re^2: [Perl 6] single-value vs. array slices by John M. Dlugosz
in thread [Perl 6] single-value vs. array slices by John M. Dlugosz

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