Re: Distributive -> and indirect slices (fwd)

[John Porter]

David M. Lloyd wrote:
> $a = ($obj1, $obj2)->method;    # Unclear.  Calling in scalar context
>                                 # gives no benefit, since you will
>                                 # still have 2 return values. Maybe call
>                                 # methods in list context anyways and
>                                 # give the length of the return list?

Never!  This isn't an array.  Only arrays return "length-of" like that.


>                                 # Or else return rightmost value.

Right.


But hopefully all this will be mootified by Perl6's support for
higher-order functions.

-- 
John Porter