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On Wed, 01 Jun 2022 11:44:03 +0200, Neil Bowers <neilb@neilb.org> wrote: >> is code really that more clear/legible as qa[...] than it is with [ qw(...) ]? > > In short, yes :-) > > I remember that the first N times I saw [qw/ … /] I initially had a "huh, wtf is that?". I think it is more of an >improvement for beginners and casual Perl programmers, than for heavyweights, who may still use the existing >idiom even with qa[] available, due to muscle memory. While i'm hella agreeing with all of this, an odd thought: I've repeatedly wanted to be able to do \qw( sdfsdf sdf ) as a mirror to \@things -- With regards, Christian WaldeThread Previous | Thread Next