Re^4: perl equiv to cmd start

the qq function

I know I'm probably being overly pedantic, but I AFAIK qq and related (q, qw, qx, etc.) aren't functions, they're operators. For example, I can't replace the parens around function arguments with other characters, as I can in qx# echo foo #. I also can't call a function with a syntax like foo(a b c) as I can with qw(a b c). (In fact, for a while now I've explicitly been avoiding parens on qw and friends to disambiguate.)

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Re: qq "function" or operator by soonix (Chancellor) on Jan 18, 2017 at 15:32 UTC
Yes, I hesitated to call them functions, but as they (qq, etcetera) are listed in perlfunc, I did ;-)	[reply]
Re^2: qq "function" or operator by LanX (Saint) on Jan 22, 2017 at 01:51 UTC
They are also listed in perlop and are operators since they have a precedence and special parsing at compile time. The confusion stems from Perl's DWIM approach of redundant documentation. from perlfunc#Perl-Functions-by-Category Here are Perl's functions (including things that look like functions , like some keywords and named operators ) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!}	[reply]