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Very similarly, list assignment in scalar context is very useful for iterators. 
while (my ($value) = $iter->()) {
   ...
}

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It allows the iterator to return false values without ending the loop.

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Re^2: Cool example of list assignment usage
by blazar (Canon) on Jul 23, 2007 at 21:14 UTC

    Very good example, ikegami, and one people may not think of that easily, as well.

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