Re: Why is (keys ::) legal syntax?

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Re: Re: Why is (keys ::) legal syntax? by John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) on Nov 12, 2002 at 21:05 UTC
`perl -MO=Deparse -e"print join qq(\n), keys main::::::"` [download] turns into %::. However, using %:: turns into %main:: internally.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Why is (keys ::) legal syntax? by pg (Canon) on Nov 12, 2002 at 20:45 UTC
a little bit more explaination: in main::::, the first set of :: is the operator, when the second set of :: is a val.	[reply]