I am with demerphq on that: It breaks the original model of sigils completely.

Except demerphq is mistaken. Perl5 sigils don't denote the type of result that will be returned.

• @{ ... } evaluates to an array, a list or a scalar.
• @{ ... }[1,2] evaluates to a list or a scalar.
• %{ ... }[1,2] evaluates to a list or a scalar.
• %{ ... } evaluates to a hash, a list or a scalar.
• *{ ... } returns a scalar (glob).
• *{ ... }{ARRAY} returns a scalar (reference).
• &{ ... } can evaluate to a list or a scalar.
• ${ ... }->() can evaluate to a list or a scalar.

so

• @ can evaluate to an array, a list or a scalar.
• % can evaluate to an hash, a list or a scalar.
• $ can evaluate to a list or a scalar.
• & can evaluate to a list or a scalar.
• * can evaluate to a glob or a reference.

You already have to locate the end of the expression. Nothing's been broken.

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