Just don't use qw (that's how qw works, you can't change that).

use asdf qw[ $a $s $d $f ] , 'the asdf', join ' ', qw[ the asdf ];
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MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"

I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).

** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.