in reply to Re^2: Why does this code think I'm trying to use symbolic references?
in thread Why does this code think I'm trying to use symbolic references?

I understand it is strange to hit whitespace issues in Perl (where weirdness like my$   n = 1 is legal) but this seems sensible and, this part, not hairy; I'd be alarmed if it worked any differently.

Yes, yes and yes; and yes. My statement is ambiguous, too: not the implemented behaviour (which is fine) is hairy, instead I qualify the edge case itself as such. And it shows - again - how well kept and thought out/through perl is. p5p are doing an awesome job.

perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'
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