From @gfldex

my $s = 'abcd'; while $s ~~ m​:g/(.)/ { print $0 };

Neither works nor does it give a warning. It's basic perl5 thinking and
will cause quite a bit confusion for converts.

From @moritz

Fwiw, m​:g// wasn't working at all, and I've disabled it again until I
find a way for it to actually return list of Match objects.

I don't see how this can be made to warn in safe and generic way that
doesn't totally bork the separation of concerns within the compiler.

Maybe warning about this construct should be the job of an external
lint-like tool instead?

The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

From @coke

On Wed Aug 11 09​:37​:18 2010, moritz wrote​:

Fwiw, m​:g// wasn't working at all, and I've disabled it again until I
find a way for it to actually return list of Match objects.

I don't see how this can be made to warn in safe and generic way that
doesn't totally bork the separation of concerns within the compiler.

Maybe warning about this construct should be the job of an external
lint-like tool instead?

02​:51 < TimToady> [Coke]​: detecting list/scalar context confusion is going to
  be hard in a language that handles context lazily

Rejecting ticket. Sorry about the delay.

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Will "Coke" Coleda

@usev6 - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'