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On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Zefram <zefram@fysh.org> wrote:
> Eric Brine wrote:
> >$ can return a list of scalars in addition to a scalar.
>
> I think you're getting confused about what the sigil applies to. $foo or
> ${...} always represents a scalar, never a list. In "$foo->bar", the $
> sigil applies to the "$foo" part, and accurately indicates that it is
> a scalar. That the "bar" method can return a list doesn't invalidate
> the consistency of the sigil's meaning.
>
You seem to have missed the context. demerphq was saying $foo->@* returned
a list instead of a scalar, breaking the pattern. He was clearly looking
past the "->".
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