>>>>> "Chas" == Chas Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Chas> With the downside that you have an array that you never use. Using ()
Chas> to force list context is one of those strange little quirks that you
Chas> just get used to. These days I read () as the array equivalent of
Chas> scalar().
Well, there can be no "array" equivalent of "scalar". The only place
you would use it is to provide list context to a subexpression where a
scalar context is being provided. But then what? You have a list,
and you have a scalar needed. Do you want the length (like scalar @a
or scalar grep or scalar map or scalar keys)? The first element
(scalar assignment)? The last element (comma)? A random element?
{grin} The second element (getpwnam)? A single line instead of the
entire file, retaining the ability to read the rest of the file
(readline)?
There is no meaning for "list in a scalar context", so your statement
makes no sense.
That's why there's no keyword "array" like the keyword "scalar". It
makes no sense.
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