Re^4: Perl Tutorial code uses "qw" but has an error when run

Could you back up that claim? I just looked at 5.12's perlsyn, and it definitely shows parens required around the list of a foreach loop. I also checked perlop, and didn't see anything different there.

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Re^5: Perl Tutorial code uses "qw" but has an error when run by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 02, 2018 at 22:51 UTC
Oh, one of the examples in one of the tutorials is missing the parens. I wouldn't call that proof of support.	[reply]
Re^6: Perl Tutorial code uses "qw" but has an error when run by LanX (Saint) on May 02, 2018 at 23:01 UTC
Oh, I wouldn't call this unofficial feature. ;) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re^7: Perl Tutorial code uses "qw" but has an error when run by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 02, 2018 at 23:15 UTC
Yet that's exactly why it was removed.	[reply]
Re^8: Perl Tutorial code uses "qw" but has an error when run by LanX (Saint) on May 02, 2018 at 23:31 UTC