+
+ switch (method) {
+ /* in these cases, we're calling '+' or '-' as a fallback for a ++ or --
+ * operation. we need this to return a value, so that it can be assigned
+ * later on, in the postpr block (case inc_amg/dec_amg), even if the
+ * increment or decrement was itself called in void context */
+ case inc_amg:
+ if (off == add_amg)
+ force_scalar = 1;
+ break;
+ case dec_amg:
+ if (off == subtr_amg)
+ force_scalar = 1;
+ break;
+ /* in these cases, we're calling an assignment variant of an operator
+ * (+= rather than +, for instance). regardless of whether it's a
+ * fallback or not, it always has to return a value, which will be
+ * assigned to the proper variable later */
+ case add_amg:
+ case subtr_amg:
+ case mult_amg:
+ case div_amg:
+ case modulo_amg:
+ case pow_amg:
+ case lshift_amg:
+ case rshift_amg:
+ case repeat_amg:
+ case concat_amg:
+ case band_amg:
+ case bor_amg:
+ case bxor_amg:
+ if (assign)
+ force_scalar = 1;
+ break;
+ /* the copy constructor always needs to return a value */
+ case copy_amg:
+ force_scalar = 1;
+ break;
+ /* because of the way these are implemented (they don't perform the
+ * dereferencing themselves, they return a reference that perl then
+ * dereferences later), they always have to be in scalar context */
+ case to_sv_amg:
+ case to_av_amg:
+ case to_hv_amg:
+ case to_gv_amg:
+ case to_cv_amg:
+ force_scalar = 1;
+ break;
+ /* these don't have an op of their own; they're triggered by their parent
+ * op, so the context there isn't meaningful ('$a and foo()' in void
+ * context still needs to pass scalar context on to $a's bool overload) */
+ case bool__amg:
+ case numer_amg:
+ case string_amg:
+ force_scalar = 1;
+ break;
+ }
+