in reply to Re^3: If you believe in Lists in Scalar Context, Clap your Hands
in thread If you believe in Lists in Scalar Context, Clap your Hands

perhaps with the exception of :lvalue subs, haven't tried those

lvalue subs are called in scalar context, so they can't return a list. 

use strict;
use warnings;
my ($i,$j);
sub f :lvalue { ($i,$j) }
f() = (4,5);
print("$i,$j\n");

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Useless use of a constant in void context at script.pl line 5.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at script.pl
+ line 6.
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Re^5: If you believe in Lists in Scalar Context, Clap your Hands
by ysth (Canon) on Oct 28, 2008 at 04:51 UTC
    Wrong. Don't forget that plain = is the scalar assignment operator, unless there is a hash or array on the left. ()= is the list assignment operator: 
    $ perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my ($i,$j);
sub f :lvalue { ($i,$j) }
(f()) = (4,5);
print("$i,$j\n");
__END__
4,5

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    However, I would be very leery of using a relatively new feature like that that has probably not been used much in that way.
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      Ah thanks, (although, not just "()=" is the list assignment operator).

      I would be very leery of using lvalue subs *in any way*.

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      Which relative new feature are you refering to? lvalue subs have been around since at least 5.6.0, and maybe even before that.
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        The "relatively" new feature I meant is lvalue subs, yes. I wasn't saying not to use them at all; the "like that" meant to avoid using them in uncommon ways. Or do thorough testing on all perl versions you expect to use. Since I don't know of a specific problem, this counts as FUD, but I am unrepentant.
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