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in reply to Re^8: Not understanding 2 sentences in perldoc
in thread Not understanding 2 sentences in perldoc
- context
The surroundings or environment. The context given by the surrounding code determines what kind of data a particular expression is expected to return.
- void context
A form of scalar context in which an expression is not expected to return any value at all and is evaluated for its side effects alone.
- side effects
Something extra that happens when you evaluate an expression. Nowadays it can refer to almost anything. For example, evaluating a simple assignment statement typically has the “side effect” of assigning a value to a variable. ...
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