Re^7: why doesn't "my ($a,$b)" return a list?

I've expressed no opinion on whether it should. I'm just observing it does.

Please elaborate. So far, you've only given examples of how you can't use my. There's no disputing there are limits. You didn't give any example of how it doesn't behave like a sub.

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Re^8: why doesn't "my ($a,$b)" return a list? by JavaFan (Canon) on Aug 20, 2010 at 08:22 UTC
So far, you've only given examples of how you can't use my. Let's see, I gave several examples where you either can't use my where you can use subs, or where my behaves different than subs do. How much more differences do you need before you could imagine someone doesn't consider `my` to behave like a sub? Heh, I don't care one iota what you consider to be subs or not. I don't consider `my` to behave like a sub. And I've pointed out enough differences why I don't consider `my` to act like a subroutine call.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^9: why doesn't "my ($a,$b)" return a list? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 20, 2010 at 13:47 UTC
Let's see, I gave several examples where you either can't use my where you can use subs All subs have limits on their arguments. or where my behaves different than subs do. That's what you said, and I asked for that example. Repeating yourself doesn't help. The only thing example I see is that `my()` takes a list of variables for arguments, which just goes to show that it is like sub. Nothing else has arguments.	[reply] [d/l]