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in reply to Returning lists vs arrays

Hi,

The list is not aplaceholder ,just a set of values and for returning a set of values , an array or an arrayref is better than a list and any fuction returns a set of variable values which are not constants and hence an array is better and mostly used than list
sub list { return(1,2); }
is not often used

sub arrays { @A = (1,2); return (\@A); }
is something often to use in sub