Re^4: If you believe in Lists in Scalar Context, Clap your Hands

One could argue that built-ins like map and grep don't return a list in scalar context, but are context sensitives themselves, so they are not fit for explaining "a list in scalar context". Likewise a regex match with /g.

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Re^5: If you believe in Lists in Scalar Context, Clap your Hands by chromatic (Archbishop) on Oct 24, 2008 at 17:31 UTC
Sure, but you can also argue that 1, 2, 3, isn't a list of values but a list of expressions. Is this a list: `my $x = ($y = 1), ($z = 2);` How about this? `s{\\}{\\\\}g, print` Or this? `foo => scalar param( 'foo' )` It's difficult to tell without seeing the context... which makes me wonder if lists do exist, or if we should talk about the value of expressions instead.	[reply] [d/l] [select]