Use of implicit split to @_ is deprecated at ./spiceparam.pl line 665.
Use of implicit split to @_ is deprecated at ./spiceparam.pl line 666.

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sub by_value_length
{
    my $sa = split(//,$vartable{$a});
    my $sb = split(//,$vartable{$b});
    ($sa <=> $sb) ||
	($vartable{$a} cmp $vartable{$b}) ||
	($a cmp $b);
}