Re^2: On References to the Unnamed

Quoting is not an identity function in Perl.

That's the point of \"$_", isn't?

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Re^3: On References to the Unnamed by hardburn (Abbot) on Mar 16, 2005 at 15:14 UTC
Right. People expect `"$_"` to return the same data (i.e., an identity function). But that's not strictly true in Perl, due to the way Perl does implicit conversions. "There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.	[reply] [d/l]