$ perl -w use strict; my $scalar = qw(A B C); Useless use of a constant in void context at - line 3. Useless use of a constant in void context at - line 3. print $scalar, "\n"; C #### $ perl -v This is perl, v5.8.7 built for cygwin-thread-multi-64int (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail) #### $ perl -w my $scalar = (1, 2, 3); Useless use of a constant in void context at - line 1.