Show me a valid, real-world use case...

OK one more try:

This is valid JS Code: ¹ 

var fruits = ["Banana", "Orange", "Apple", "Mango"];
document.write(fruits.push("Kiwi") + "<br />");
document.write(fruits.push("Lemon","Pineapple") + "<br />");
document.write(fruits);

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this is still valid JS-Code

var $fruits = ["Banana", "Orange", "Apple", "Mango"];
document.write($fruits.push("Kiwi") + "<br />");
document.write($fruits.push("Lemon","Pineapple") + "<br />");
document.write($fruits);

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with the help of autobox this could become valid perl code:

my $fruits = ["Banana", "Orange", "Apple", "Mango"];
document->write($fruits->push("Kiwi") + "<br />");
document->write($fruits->push("Lemon","Pineapple") + "<br />");
document->write($fruits);

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or maybe better without overloading +

my $fruits = ["Banana", "Orange", "Apple", "Mango"];
document->write($fruits->push("Kiwi") . "<br />");
document->write($fruits->push("Lemon","Pineapple") . "<br />");
document->write($fruits);

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Real world enough for you???

Cheers Rolf

¹) from my first google hit on "javascript push" http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_push.asp

UPDATE: corrected . to ->

In reply to Re^4: What are the drawbacks of autobox? by LanX
in thread What are the drawbacks of autobox? by LanX

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