On Thu, 30 Dec 1999 13:56:51 -0500, Ronald J Kimball wrote: > Because this operator produces an assignable result, using > assignments without parentheses will get you in trouble. And when we add to that the fact that an assignment is an lvalue too, the puzzle is complete. ($b = 1) = 2; print $b; --> 2 -- Bart. # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org