On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 14:25:35 -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
> : my $x = grep { ... } @list; # returns count
>
> I think that's already "whatever context". $x contains the resulting array.
> It's only if you later say +$x that you'll get the number of elems.Just for grep or for any function? If just grep that means that grep simply doesn't use want. If it's any function, then it means that all are constants are "list" or "whatever", and all we really have are coercers. -- Yuval Kogman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://nothingmuch.woobling.org 0xEBD27418
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