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On Tuesday August 20 2013 2:34:49 PM Eric Brine wrote:
> 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 "->".
He was complaining that it shouldn't because he didn't want to look past the
arrow.
I had pointed out that methods already break this. Eric pointed out more ways
that the initial sigil doesn't quite always match up with what is returned.
Basically, we already have to watch both ends of an expression with arrows to
figure out what it's going to do, so I like this postfix derefence syntax
because it flows more naturally for me.
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