Re: "Secret" operators

--- José Castro <[email protected]> wrote:

> * Quantum Mechanic ([email protected])
> wrote:
> > $foo = ($bar) = (9,8,7);
> > 
> >     RHS list
> >     ($bar) array
> >     $bar <- 7 (rest discarded)
> 
> No, no, no.
> 
>       $bar <- 9
> 

Yes, that was a typo -- thanks.

> It's the same as
> 
>   $foo = ($bar, undef, undef) = (9, 8, 7);
> 
> Now the funny thing is that the result from
> 
>   $foo = ($bar, undef, undef, undef) = (9, 8, 7);
> 
> is still the same :-)

Ah, but that supports my theory. It's not the LHS of
the ($bar,...)= assignment that generates the data for
$foo -- it's the RHS. The LHS of the ($bar,...)=
assignment determines the *context* of the $foo=
assignment.

Q.E.D. The quantity of elements on the LHS don't
matter, but the quality of the LHS does.

-QM

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