Larry Wall wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 03:56:50AM +0800, Autrijus Tang wrote:
> : 
> :     my $x = 3;
> :     my $y = \$x;
> :     say $y + 10;
> :     $y++;
> :     say $y;
> :     say $x;
> : 
> : Currently in Pugs they print:
> : 
> :     13
> :     4
> :     3
> : 
> : Is this sane?  What is the scalar reference's semantics in face of a
> : stringification and numification?  I assume that array/hash references
> : simply pass on to the things they references to resolve stringify
> : and numify, according to S02, but I had not been able to find mentioning
> : about scalar refs
> 
> I suspect people will find that counterintuitive.  A more consistent
> approach might produce
> 
>     13
>     14
>     14
>   
> 
Don't you mean:

    13
    4
    4

?

-- Rod Adams