Re^2: Implicit split to @

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Re^3: Implicit split to @_ by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Apr 15, 2005 at 10:12 UTC
Er are you sure: `perl -e 'my $sa = () = split //,"foo"; print $sa'` [download] vs `perl -e 'my $sa = do {my @tmp = split //,"foo"}; print $sa'` [download] split() is outwitting us here - it sees the empty list and optimizes accordingly. /J\	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Implicit split to @_ by Anonymous Monk on Apr 15, 2005 at 15:12 UTC
`perl -e 'my $sa = () = split //,"foo",-1; print $sa'`	[reply] [d/l]