> I'm interested in what happens with interactions: > > $a = @b; > > Does this: > > 1. Get the length (doesn't seem to make sense now) No. length(@b) or @b.length() for that. > 2. Pull a reference to @b (like Perl5's "$a = \@b") Yep. Scalar context eval of arrays, hashes, and subs produces a reference. > 3. Get the first element of @b No. That's still: ($a) = @b; ...which may well grab *only* the first element, because the lvalue's structure determines the rvalue's eval context (just like a sub's parameter list determines its argument's contexts) > Similarly, how about: > > %c = @d; > > Does this: > > 1. Create a hash w/ alternating keys/vals like Perl5 > 2. Do the equivalent of "%c = \@d" in Perl5 > 3. Or the mystery meat behind Door #3 This one's still less-than-certain. Definitely either 1 or 3 though. If option 3, it would be the equivalent of the Perl 5: %c = map {($_=>undef)} @d; DamianThread Previous | Thread Next