most people agree this is a DWIM violation: this is an area where Larry blew it
It may not be a DWIM for you, but it's a DWLM (do what Larry means), and that's the only meaning that matters.
In fact, I don't think it would look right for it to return the changed string. I like that I can use it as:
if (s/foo/bar/) { # yes, I replaced foo with bar
...
}
So, it certainly DWIMs for me. Apparently, I'm not one of "most" in your sentence. However, a lot of people have learned from my books, so I suspect the number who understand it the the way I do would be a large portion of your minority.
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