$ perl -Mv5.40 -e'say prototype "CORE::$ARGV[0]" // "[undef]"' shift ;\@ $ perl -Mv5.40 -e'say prototype "CORE::$ARGV[0]" // "[undef]"' print [undef] $ perl -Mv5.40 -e'say prototype "CORE::$ARGV[0]" // "[undef]"' try [undef]