Re: Regex query

[John Williams]

On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Larry Wall wrote:
>
> Yes, in fact any list forced into scalar context will make a ref in Perl 6:
>
>     $arrayref = (1,2,3);

That would seem to obviate the need for brackets to define array
references.  Is there any case where [1,2,3] would be needed instead of
(1,2,3)?

Also, does "any" list include a list of pairs?  Because that would look
more like a hash than a list.

      $ref = ( one => 1, two => 2, three => 3);

~ John Williams