Quoting package names

hurricup has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm tired to excite with some perl basics i didn't know... But after i've started work on Camelcade I'm really ashamed...

Anyway. Today i've discovered that i can pass bareword package name as a function parameter. Can you imagine? :)

The question is: why the ... i see quoted package names everywhere?

Why

use parent qw(Foo Bar);
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instead of

use parent Foo::,Bar::;
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I suppose that it is some compatibility mode, but not sure...

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Re: Quoting package names by Anonymous Monk on May 26, 2015 at 21:40 UTC
The question is: why the ... i see quoted package names everywhere? Because style is style and barewords have long been out of style also, :: require shifting whereas qw// doesn't (yes I know you used () )	[reply]
Re^2: Quoting package names by hurricup (Pilgrim) on May 27, 2015 at 03:18 UTC
I'm just stupid again. This doesn't work with use strict. Sorry. :)	[reply]
Re^3: Quoting package names by ambrus (Abbot) on May 27, 2015 at 09:36 UTC
Actually, it does work with strict. The trailing double colon is magical. However, `"Foo"` isn't longer than `Foo::` and everyone knows what the former means, so there's usually not much point of writing the latter.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Quoting package names by Anonymous Monk on May 27, 2015 at 10:01 UTC