Hm. My first reaction is to consider the possibility of:
my $x = foo(1,2,3,5);
This should of course be a scalar result, and not equal to scalar (@x = foo(1,2,3,5)). I'd feel uncomfortable omitting the results from the 2,3 and 5, so I'd probably do one of the following:
return wantarray ? @arr : "@arr";
return wantarray ? @arr : \@arr;
depending on use, 'yadda'x3. Perhaps, if it really suits the particular sub, you might want to return a join, but I'd personally be leery of that.
LAI
:eof
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