Re: [perl #117907] On RHS of s///, ${9} works but ${10} does not

On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Dave Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com> wrote:

> $ perl589 -e'use strict; $9; ${9}; $10; ${10}'
> Can't use string ("10") as a SCALAR ref while "strict refs" in use at -e
> line 1.
>
> I don't know if there is any rationale behind this, but a first glance it
> indeed seems like a bug.
>

No other type of variable seems to generate a strict error.

>perl -E"use strict; my $xyz; ${xyz} = 1; say 'ok'"
ok

>perl -E"use strict; my $xyz; ${^I} = 1; say 'ok'"
ok

• [perl #117907] On RHS of s///, ${9} works but ${10} does not by Ed Avis
• Re: [perl #117907] On RHS of s///, ${9} works but ${10} does not by Dave Mitchell
• Re: [perl #117907] On RHS of s///, ${9} works but ${10} does not by Eric Brine
• Re: [perl #117907] On RHS of s///, ${9} works but ${10} does not by Nicholas Clark