> I'm still not clear why assigning $r->method as a hash value doesn't invoke > a scalar > context, which is what I wanted rather than the array context option for > $r->method. In the end I found: > > gvim
1. "assigning $r->method" does not invoke any context. In this case, the context is "we are inside a hash". 2. A hash is a list. It's just a list which knows that its elements are "coupled" 2 by 2. As a consequence, inside a hash you are in list context. 3. In this list context, any method that is context-sensitive will return a list. If you want to force your method to return a scalar anyway, you have to use the scalar() function. Is that clear? If not, which part is not clear?
