Presumably, there are circumstances where builtin::stringify() and scalar() are not the same thing ....
I've finally found a difference, though I don't know if it's intended or accidental:
D:\>perl -wle "print scalar(10,20);"
Useless use of a constant (10) in void context at -e line 1.
20
D:\>perl -Mexperimental=builtin -wle "print builtin::stringify(10,20);
+"
Too many arguments for builtin::stringify at -e line 1, near "20)"
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
Cheers,
Rob
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