Why doesen't dereferencing work in list context but referencing does?

[sln]

use strict;
use warnings;

my @scalar_array = (0,1,2,3,4,5);

my @refs_array = ();

push @refs_array, $_ for \(@scalar_array);

print $_ for $(@refs_array);

__END__

 

[Tad J McClellan]

my @scalar_array = (0,1,2,3,4,5);

push @refs_array, $_ for \(@scalar_array);
print $_ for $(@refs_array);

You are using the special case for \(@foo), as described in perlref.

There is no corresponding special case for dereferencing.


There is symmetry for the normal (non-special) cases though:

push @refs_array, \$_ for @scalar_array;
...
print $$_ for @refs_array;

 

[sln]

You are using the special case for \(@foo), as described in perlref.

There is no corresponding special case for dereferencing.


There is symmetry for the normal (non-special) cases though:

push @refs_array, \$_ for @scalar_array;
...
print $$_ for @refs_array;

Yes, I know the symetry, thanks!

-sln