Re: Change "($one, $two)=" behavior for optimization? (was Re: RFC 175 (v1) Add C keyword toforce list context (like C))

[Bart Lateur]

On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 05:33:27 +1100 (EST), Damian Conway wrote:

>A scalar context C<want> would also need to DWIM, presumably by returning
>"0, but true" in that (unusual) situation. 

I don't understand the existence of that phrase, and the fact that it
doesn't give a warning when used in numerical context. (Actually, it's
"0 but true"). This is an unnecessary special case, because "0E0" will
do just fine.

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        Bart.