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In message <Pine.GSO.4.21.0004101735130.16448-100000@crusoe.crusoe.net>
Jeff Pinyan <jeffp@crusoe.net> wrote:
> On Apr 10, Jeff Pinyan said:
>
> >qw() is synactically split ' ', q(), and split in scalar context piddles
> >around with @_ and returns @_ (in scalar context, believe it or not).
>
> That was before 5.6, of course. qw() behaves similarly, but creates a
> list at compile time -- read perldelta to find out how this changes your
> life in many exciting ways.
Indeed. Hence in 5.6 you get 30 and not 3 for the second example:
gosford [~] % perl5.6.0 -le 'print scalar(qw(10 20 30))'
30
Tom
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