Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Returning a flattened list is idiomatic in Perl, it means that a caller > can do any of: > > # I only care about the last value for a key, or only about > # existence checks > my %hash = func(); > > Or: > > # I want all key-values to iterate over > my @kv = func(); > > Returning touples like this makes that less convenient for both, who'll > need to do more work to unpack them. Thanks---that was exactly what I was missing. Following establshed patterns is good. So what remains is just the compatibility issues, I think. Thanks for clarification.
