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Re^3: Perl Idioms Explained - ${\$obj->method} and @{[sort @list]}

by adrianh (Chancellor)
on Aug 24, 2003 at 11:31 UTC ( [id://286181]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Re: Perl Idioms Explained - ${\$obj->method} and @{[sort @list]}
in thread Perl Idioms Explained - ${\$obj->method} and @{[sort @list]}

Read Arrays are not lists and Scalars, Lists, and Arrays and repeat to yourself three times - "('foo', 'bar', 'baz') is not an array" ;-)

I'm with Abigail-II. The \ operator has lots of weird cases that surprise you. For example:

\@foo # reference to array @foo \(@foo, $a) # list of reference to array @foo and scalar $a \(@foo) # list of references to contents of @foo

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Perl Idioms Explained - ${\$obj->method} and @{[sort @list]}
by bradb (Sexton) on Aug 25, 2003 at 00:42 UTC
    Read Arrays are not lists and Scalars, Lists, and Arrays and repeat to yourself three times - "('foo', 'bar', 'baz') is not an array" ;-)

    I can't be blamed if you don't read my post. ;-) I didn't say ('foo', 'bar', 'baz') was an array, I said If I ask for a reference to an array that contains ('foo', 'bar', 'baz').

    HTH.

      My bad ;-)

      However, I think the point about the non-obvious behaviour of the \ operator still stands.

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