Re: RFC 132 (v3) Subroutines should be able to return an lvalue

[Quoting Nathan Wiger, on August 31 2000, 14:40, in "Re: RFC 132 (v3) Sub"]
> >   sub param {
> >     my ($self, @rest) = @_;
> >     $self->{aval} = @rest if @rest;     # See note
> >     lreturn $self->{aval};
> >   }
> 
> I've been thinking about this for a couple days. The only problem I see
> is that this doesn't allow me to do this:
> 
>    $oldpath = $tree->path('L','R') = 'R';

Yes. And I think that's a good thing. Upon seeing "$x = $y = $z"
people expect $y _and_ $x to get $z assigned.
Of course, with tie you can play a lot of dirty tricks.

-- Johan