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On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 01:40:54PM -0400, Mark Jason Dominus wrote:
> mike@stok.co.uk:
> > > > my $rv = ('a', 'b', 'c');
> > > > show $rv;
> > > > my $rv2 = ('a', 'b', 'c', ());
> > > > show $rv2;
> > > >
> > > > I would have expected $rv2 to be 'c' as I thought ('a', 'b',
> > > > 'c', ()) should be flattened to ('a', 'b', 'c'). The warnings
> > > > indicate that in the first case two values are useless, and in
> > > > the second three values are useless.
>
> I'm with Mike on this.
>
> my $rv2 = ('a', 'b', 'c', ());
> my $rv2 = ('a', 'b', 'c', );
>
> These two should not be different.
Should these be different?
my $rv2 = ('a', 'b', 'c', f());
my $rv2 = ('a', 'b', 'c', );
sub f { () }
If so, why should the inline expression behave differently from the
function call?
--
Rick Delaney
rick.delaney@rogers.com
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