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> does the same thing

Not always. See Bug in eval in pre-5.14.

($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-||-|5+lengthSq)`"S|oS2"`map{chr |+ord
}map{substrSq`S_+|`|}3E|-|`7**2-3:)=~y+S|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a,

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Re^3: Perl Archiving Process error
by Eily (Monsignor) on Jul 12, 2016 at 13:24 UTC

    OK so the eval { BLOCK; 1 } or do { } idiom isn't just about finding the shortest or cutest way to write it. Thanks for the info :)

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