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in thread Confused as to why the "casting context" is mis-behaving

Scalar assignment in sub:
1: scalar context  # shouldn't this be void context?
2: scalar context  # shouldn't this be void context?
3: scalar context
$x = apples

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It should be void, but it can't due to the way context is determined where it can vary at run-time. Known bug, but it can't readily be fixed.

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