Dave Whipp wrote: > print @a + $b > > This will evaluate each, in numeric context. To get at those numbers, > Perl will translate this to something like > > print @a.FETCHSIZE + $b.FETCHNUM
I thought[*0] that Larry said arrays in a scalar context are now treated as array references, so actually both sides are array refs. Then there's a further rule that array refs in _numeric_ scalar context yield the number of elements in the array (since it doesn't make sense to do arithmetic on references). So it's C<@a> that's going through two steps to get to the size, not C<$b>. I'm not sure how much that effects the general point you were trying to make. [*0] Though this is just from memory. I've just had a brief scan through Apocalypse 2 and can't find it, so I could be wrong. Smylers
