[LA.pm] list/scalar context

[cch2cch@netscape.net]

the following statement is similar to the one on P.49 of "Programming Perl" 2nd Edition. $cnt does prodcues a value 3. But it seems a bit counter intuitive to me ( I think it should be a 2).

$cnt=(($x,$y)=(1,2,3)); # p.49 "Programming Perl 2nd edition
print "cnt=$cnt x=$x y=$y\n";

Particularly when in this statement only two elements survive the assignment.

@cnt=(($x,$y)=(1,2,3));
print "array cnt=@cnt\n";

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