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Assigning @list in scalar context works as length @list
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scalar-assign.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl -l
my @array = qw( alice bob charlie daddy elf );
print @array; # alicebobcharliedaddyelf
my $size = @array;
print $size; # 5, same as length @array
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