P:\test>perl -MO=Deparse -e"@a = 1,2,3,4,5; print @a" @a = 1, '???', '???', '???', '???'; print @a; -e syntax OK P:\test>perl -e"@a = 1,2,3,4,5; print @a" 1 P:\test>perl -MO=Deparse -e"@a = (1,2,3,4,5); print @a" @a = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5); print @a; -e syntax OK P:\test>perl -e"@a = (1,2,3,4,5); print @a" 12345