in reply to A specific term for a Perlism

Terminology has to be logical, consistent and (ideally) non redundant, but not "fancy".¹ :)

Aliasing is the correct term, you might differentiate between

, but that's hardly needed.

See perlglossary#alias for more.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)

PS: Je suis Charlie!

Update

¹) Perl might be often magic but it's not a J.K.Rowling novel with "Gryffindor" loops. ;)

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