LOPOP LIST ignores the list

[rurban]

$i || (1,2)     or LIST ignores the list
$i or (1,2)    ...
print ($i or (1,2)) => 12

consistent would be for the not-empty list either

1. to be true in boolean context, or
2. side-effect the first elems and only take the last, as e.g. with last(1,2,label).