Re^5: Operator overloading with returning lists?

Neither.

C:\>perl  -MData::Dumper -le"print Dumper scalar ( 1, 2 ) "
$VAR1 = 2;


C:\>perl  -MData::Dumper -le"print Dumper scalar ( 1, 2 ) x 5"
$VAR1 = '22222';


C:\>perl  -MData::Dumper -le"print Dumper 2 x 5"
$VAR1 = '22222';
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Re^6: Operator overloading with returning lists? by LanX (Saint) on Dec 01, 2008 at 15:31 UTC
Thx for the link, but the only thing that might explain what happens is lists do not exist in scalar context . such that `DB<97> p Dumper scalar ( (1,2) x 5 ) $VAR1 = '22222';` [download] transforms to `DB<101> p Dumper scalar(1,2) x 5 $VAR1 = '22222';` [download] Cheers Rolf UPDATE: after reading: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlop.html#Multiplicative-Operators I understand that the scalar context inhibits the parens around (1,2) !	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^7: Operator overloading with returning lists? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 01, 2008 at 15:39 UTC
So which is it, bug or feature ?	[reply]
Re^8: Operator overloading with returning lists? by LanX (Saint) on Dec 01, 2008 at 15:58 UTC
neither, it's just a flaw that `(...) x` returns a list and not an array. Cheers Rolf	[reply] [d/l]