x behaves different in list context as well
Not a very good example. It's more the LHS operand than the context which determines what is returned.
That's not all I said. I immediately followed it (not even stopping to start a new sentence) with
but only if its LHS has parens, making it an odd one
Both context and the LHS matter, just as I said: 
my $w =  'x'  x 5; say "$w";   # Scalar context, no parens.
my $x = ('x') x 5; say "$x";   # Scalar context, parens.
my @y =  'x'  x 5; say "@y";   # List context, no parens.
my @z = ('x') x 5; say "@z";   # List context, parens.
__END__
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In reply to Re^3: Operator overloading with returning lists? by JavaFan
in thread Operator overloading with returning lists? by renormalist

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