On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 11:10, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>>>> "Bob" == Bob Ackerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> At no point do you have an "array" in a scalar context, or a "list" > >> in a scalar context. Really. You don't. Ever. Get it? > >> > >> And why I'm harping on this is that I've seen this myth continue to > >> perpetuate, started from some bad verbage or bad understanding > >> somewhere, and I'm trying to root it out so that it doesn't keep > >> spreading like a bad meme. > > Bob> oooh. i get it. i thought you were overboard, too - until that > Bob> last go around. you are right. it is subtle, but important. > > Thank you thank you thank you thank you! > > It *is* important. Spread the word. :) > > -- > Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> > Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. > See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!
Sorry for not responding earlier, but illness and Real Work(tm) intervened. Okay, I get it too. The list assignment operator returns the number items copied across, but that still doesn't change how I read it. I read my $var if 0; as $var is a static variable even though it really isn't. I like to assign tags to idioms in my head; in this case static variable and array() in the case of using an empty list assignment operator to get the number of matches in a regex. I don't consider this a bad thing unless you go overboard in thinking that your tag has real meaning. -- Today is Sweetmorn the 33rd day of Discord in the YOLD 3168 Hail Eris, Hack Linux! Missile Address: 33:48:3.521N 84:23:34.786W -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
