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in thread Prevent Strings From Being Interpreted As A File Handle

both “method call” and “string” are central to my question.

I covered your objections with my last sentence: Bottom line: stop going out of your way to artificially create problems.

Even if you succeed in finding a way to subvert Perl into doing this stupid thing; it won't stop it being stupid.

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