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From:
Rafael Garcia-Suarez
Date:
October 5, 2013 20:20
Subject:
Re: deprecate say!
Message ID:
CAMoYMM_kwpMmNtrPF-epN8efWDMwC+KafiMOT2-CEit9VrffLQ@mail.gmail.com
On 5 October 2013 22:03, Brad Gilbert <b2gills@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why isn't `say FILEHANDLE LIST` the same as
> `print FILEHANDLE LIST, "\n"` ?

You mean
{ local $\; print FILEHANDLE LIST, "\n" }
and we're back to the initial problem.

> or
>
> `print FILEHANDLE LIST, ($\ // "\n")`

That would be an incompatible change (and a confusing semantic).

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