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List:       perl5-porters
Subject:    [perl #96212] Swapping of $< and $> should be deprecated
From:       "Leon Timmermans via RT" <perlbug-comment () perl ! org>
Date:       2011-10-30 10:44:53
Message-ID: rt-3.6.HEAD-31297-1319971493-1934.96212-14-0 () perl ! org
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On Sat Oct 29 01:12:55 2011, sprout wrote:
> Are you implying that the ability to swap $[<>] depends on the caching?

In list assignment, assigning to $[<>] means setting the cache to the
new value. At the end of the list assignment, set(r|e|re|res|)uid is
called to set the actual property to the value in the cache.

Leon
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