Just to add to the comments about qw() and lists and import. There are many modules and situations where it is common not to use qw(), prefering to use key=>VALUE, pairs like 

use constant DEBUG=>1;

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and the quoting usual for that style. However, Exporter's behaviour and the general needs of the import interface often mean that that style is not convenient, and so qw() becomes common. There are other Exporter style modules that have different syntaxes, where I imagine qw() ends up being used less often.


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demerphq

<Elian> And I do take a kind of perverse pleasure in having an OO assembly language...

In reply to Re: qw and its lovely magic by demerphq
in thread qw and its lovely magic by Grygonos

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