in reply to Re^4: chopping a string into slices - is there a more elegant way to do it?
in thread chopping a string into slices - is there a more elegant way to do it?

I apologize, you were right! 
$a= ( test() );
print $a;       #> 9

sub test {
    return (1,2) if wantarray;
    return 9;
}

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the paranthesis don't force list context, they seem to be interpreted for the precedence of the lexer!
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