Re^2: disambiguating require (or: require loves barewords )

$ perl -f -we " use File::Spec::Functions; my $x=q{x}; require catfile
+($x,catfile($x,$x)) "
syntax error at -e line 1, near "require catfile("
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

$ perl -f -we " use File::Spec::Functions; my $x=q{x}; require scalar(
+catfile($x,catfile($x,$x))) "
Can't locate x\x\x in @INC
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catfile isn't a builtin, scalar is a builtin, so perl knows scalar isn't a bareword, but it thinks catfile is a bareword :)

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Re^3: disambiguating require (or: require loves barewords ) by Anonymous Monk on Jul 23, 2013 at 13:10 UTC
bareword as in modulename	[reply]