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Fletch
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Its the sigil for GLOBs (<i>e.g.</i> <c>*STDOUT</c>). How's the compiler supposed to know that <c>$r</c> didn't have a reference to a GLOB in it (somewhere else there was a <c>my $r = \*STDOUT</c>)?
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The cake is a lie.<br />
The cake is a lie.<br />
The cake is a lie.<br />
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