$element_count = scalar(@whatever);
-If you evaluate a hash in scalar context, it returns false if the
-hash is empty. If there are any key/value pairs, it returns true.
-A more precise definition is version dependent.
+If you evaluate a hash in scalar context, it returns a false value if
+the hash is empty. If there are any key/value pairs, it returns a
+true value. A more precise definition is version dependent.
Prior to Perl 5.25 the value returned was a string consisting of the
number of used buckets and the number of allocated buckets, separated