If it does, it certainly doesn't say so in the documentation of print. This is the documentation of print (from 5.8.5):
print FILEHANDLE LIST
print LIST
print Prints a string or a list of strings. Returns true if success-
ful. FILEHANDLE may be a scalar variable name, in which case
the variable contains the name of or a reference to the file-
handle, thus introducing one level of indirection. (NOTE: If
FILEHANDLE is a variable and the next token is a term, it may
be misinterpreted as an operator unless you interpose a "+" or
put parentheses around the arguments.) If FILEHANDLE is omit-
ted, prints by default to standard output (or to the last
selected output channel--see "select"). If LIST is also omit-
ted, prints $_ to the currently selected output channel. To
set the default output channel to something other than STDOUT
use the select operation. The current value of $, (if any) is
printed between each LIST item. The current value of "$\" (if
any) is printed after the entire LIST has been printed.
Because print takes a LIST, anything in the LIST is evaluated
in list context, and any subroutine that you call will have one
or more of its expressions evaluated in list context. Also be
careful not to follow the print keyword with a left parenthesis
unless you want the corresponding right parenthesis to termi-
nate the arguments to the print--interpose a "+" or put paren-
theses around all the arguments.
Note that if you're storing FILEHANDLES in an array or other
expression, you will have to use a block returning its value
instead:
print { $files[$i] } "stuff\n";
print { $OK ? STDOUT : STDERR } "stuff\n";
The only part that hints about ambiguaty is the part I boldfaced. But it doesn't explain at all why it parses the statement differently whether there's a space between the third and fourth token. Not that I expect most programmers to know what the phrase next token is a term means.
In reply to Re^3: Hidden Secrets of PERL
by Anonymous Monk
in thread Hidden Secrets of PERL
by perl_lover
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