Really? That's something uniformly agreed on?
Yes. Parentheses connote a function call. + does not.
People write +shift for the purpose of being unclear?
No, and I didn't say they did. They write + to be economical. The side-effect is that they are less clear.
you will find me disagreeing with you
That might carry some weight if you were a real Perl Monk with some reputation of your own, instead of someone hiding behind Anonymous.

If you want to quibble about what it's instead of, it's instead of writing something that connotes a function call.

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In reply to Re^5: What is the + in +shift doing here? by Roy Johnson
in thread What is the + in +shift doing here? by tphyahoo

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