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For what it is worth your sub works both ways using Perl 5.8. I tried it using the activestate distribution:

use strict;

sub map2 (&@) {
    use Carp;
    my $code = shift;
    croak 'Odd number of values in list' if @_ & 1;
    map { local ($a, $b) = (shift,shift); $code->() } 1 .. (@_>>1);
}

my @array = ('A'..'J');
print 'PRINTING map2{ print "$a $b"; } @array; =>';

map2{ print "$a $b"; } @array;

print "\n",'PRINTING map2{ print "$a $b"; } qw[A B C D]; =>';

map2{ print "$a $b"; } qw[A B C D E F G H I J];
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resulting in

E:\>228837.pl
PRINTING map2{ print "$a $b"; } @array; =>A BC DE FG HI J
PRINTING map2{ print "$a $b"; } qw[A B C D]; =>A BC DE FG HI J
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and also using Perl 5.8 (built from source on a SCO OSR5.5):

#!/usr/bin/perl -slw

use strict;

sub map2 (&@) {
    use Carp;
    my $code = shift;
    croak 'Odd number of values in list' if @_ & 1;
    map { local ($a, $b) = (shift,shift); $code->() } 1 .. (@_>>1);
}

my @array = ('A'..'J');
print 'PRINTING map2{ print "$a $b"; } @array; =>';

map2{ print "$a $b"; } @array;

print "\n",'PRINTING map2{ print "$a $b"; } qw[A B C D]; =>';

map2{ print "$a $b"; } qw[A B C D E F G H I J];
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resulting in:

{sco}>./228837.pl
PRINTING map2{ print "$a $b"; } @array; =>
A B
C D
E F
G H
I J

PRINTING map2{ print "$a $b"; } qw[A B C D]; =>
A B
C D
E F
G H
I J
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update:I have just tried it on a RH Linux Box and as expected works one way and not the other (Perl 5.6.1).

Hope this helps.

-enlil

In reply to Re: Problem emulating built-ins like map and grep. by Enlil
in thread Problem emulating built-ins like map and grep. by BrowserUk

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