Piers Cawley writes:
> Smylers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Paul writes:
> >
> > > My P7 syntax is still weak, though. Maybe
> > >
> > > given big_calc() { return $_ if $_ }
> >
> > Using C<for> works in Perl 5. Is there anything preventing this
> > working in Perl 6:
> >
> > for big_calc() { return $_ if $_ }
>
> Context. 'for' provides a list context.
Does that matter? So long as C<big_calc()> returns a single scalar
value -- which presumably is the case in the situation being discussed
-- what's the harm of it being evaluated in a list context?
Smylers