Re: [perl #113792] Unused punctuation variables don't interpolate

"Eric Brine" (via RT) <perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote
   on Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:57:15 PDT: 

> $ perl -E'"abc" =~ /(b)/; say "@+"'
> 2 2
> 
> $ perl -E'@_ = qw( a b c ); say "@_"'
> a b c
> 
> $ perl -E'@. = qw( a b c ); say "@."'
> @.
> 
> $ perl -E'@. = qw( a b c ); say "@{.}"'
> a b c
> 
> What's up with #3?

What's up with *#4*?  How in the world is dot a legal 
name inside braces without quotes around it?

--tom

• [perl #113792] Unused punctuation variables don't interpolate by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• [perl #113792] Unused punctuation variables don't interpolate by Eric Brine via RT
• [perl #113792] Unused punctuation variables don't interpolate by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• [perl #113792] Unused punctuation variables don't interpolate by Mike Pomraning via RT
• Re: [perl #113792] Unused punctuation variables don't interpolate by Eric Brine
• [perl #113792] Unused punctuation variables don't interpolate by Eric Brine
• Re: [perl #113792] Unused punctuation variables don't interpolate by Tom Christiansen
• Re: [perl #113792] Unused punctuation variables don't interpolate by Eric Brine