Well, I don't know which came first, but here is something to note:

qw is commonly used to pass in a list of things to import when using a module that extends Exporter. Most often Exporter is used to allow the import of subs, but can also be used to Export/Import variables. So, if the module Foo allowed the import of %h and $s, I might say:

use Foo qw/$s %h/;

And, if I really wanted interpolation, I would just use () instead of qw(), as mentioned above.

But I will agree that qw"" looks like it should interpolate. But, by definition, qw effectively does a split /\s+/ on the string. If qw"" did interpolate, should it split before the interpolation or after? This uncertainty may be why the never implemented interpolation in the first place.

Ted

In reply to Re: qw "$string $string" doesn't interpolate by Anonymous Monk
in thread qw "$string $string" doesn't interpolate by QM

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