[Pdx-pm] subroutine calls CAN be string-interpolated!

Eric Wilhelm scratchcomputing at gmail.com
Sat Dec 10 16:56:37 PST 2005


# from Andrew Savige
# on Saturday 10 December 2005 03:43 pm:

>> Is this undocumented or just obscure?
>
>According to:
>
> http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.fwp/3727
>
>the @{[]} "secret operator" was invented by Randal and/or
>Larry in 1994.

Heh.  I actually found it documented (as "chicanery") in perlref.  Not 
quite a secret then.

--Eric
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