So now you have to add logic to figure out what was misspelled in each subroutine. Talk about overhead.

sub somethingComplicated()
{
  my( $var1, $var2, $var3, $var4 ) = @_;
}
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Calling this and screwing up the assignment to var3 via the function call is quite hard. It's called protecting the developer from shooting himself in the foot.