that doesn't mean the magic variable should not be provided at all, it just means it should be read-only.
That looks like inconsistency to me.
sub f1
{
my ($x, $y) = @_;
z($x, $y);
}

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and 
sub f2
{
z($_[0], $_[1]);
}

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Above two examples are not identical. Later one is something low-level, and it's just asking for trouble (for example in cases like f2($1), f2($.) or f2($x, $x) when z() modifies arguments ).
(NOTE: another common point of view is that caller of such functions is asking for trouble)

Example: 
sub z
{
$_[0]++;
print $_[1]
}
sub f1
{
my ($x, $y) = @_;
z($x, $y);
}
my $x = 4;
f1($x, $x);

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prints 4 
sub z
{
$_[0]++;
print $_[1]
}
sub f2
{
z($_[0], $_[1]);
}
my $x = 4;
f2($x, $x);

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prints 5

So IMHO you should not use @_ just because it's shortest. Use it when you know what you're doing.

And now you suggest add another %_ which behaves completely different way.

Also making %_ readonly won't help much in cases when you pass magic variable as argument (example: RT#54728).

In reply to Re^4: Why doesn't Perl provide %_ as the hash equivalent of @_ in subs? by vsespb
in thread Why doesn't Perl provide %_ as the hash equivalent of @_ in subs? by smls

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