But why does it happen with multi-character constant names?

DB<1> use constant foo => 1
DB<2> print 1-foo
Ambiguous use of -foo resolved as -&foo() at (eval 15)[/usr/lib/perl5/
+5.8.0/perl5db.pl:17] line 2.
        eval '($@, $!, $^E, $,, $/, $\\, $^W) = @saved;package main; $
+^D = $^D | $DB::db_stop;
print 1-foo;
 
;' called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/perl5db.pl line 17
        DB::eval called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/perl5db.pl line 1323
        DB::DB called at -e line 1
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Same thing happens with FOO.

I don't encounter this problem, because I put spaces between terms and operators. Insert invisible 'nyah nyah' here

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In reply to Re: Re: Re: syntax error with constant by TomDLux
in thread syntax error with constant by chunlou

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