On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Will Coleda <[email protected]> wrote:
> Works the same in Perl 6, and you can avoid the parens. Using helper
> subs that return one or two item lists, here's some sample code:
>
> $ perl6
> > sub one-thing { return ("hi",) }
> sub one-thing () { #`(Sub|140454852043936) ... }
> > 1 == my $script = one-thing
> True
> > $script
> (hi)
>
>
But then:
> $script.WHAT
(List)
In the Perl 5 version, $script is assigned the single element of the
returned list. In your code, it refers to the list itself.
(Also, wait: It looks like "=" has higher precedence than "=="? Or does
the "my" affect the parsing somehow?)
