Re: Re: why qw() rather than ()

Ok ! thanks for the answer ! I've totally miss the separator problem !

So, if I've understood

use Digest::MD5 qw(md5 md5_hex md5_base64);

is exactly the same as

use Digest::MD5(md5,md5_hex,md5_base64);

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Re: Re: Re: why qw() rather than () by jeroenes (Priest) on Jan 22, 2001 at 18:50 UTC
Well, if you add a space after MD5 ;-). But that's not the whole thing. From the manpage: `=item qw/STRING/ Returns a list of the words extracted out of STRING, using embedded whitespace as the word delimiters. It is exactly equivalent to split(' ', q/STRING/); Some frequently seen examples: use POSIX qw( setlocale localeconv ) @EXPORT = qw( foo bar baz ); A common mistake is to try to separate the words with comma or to put comments into a multi-line qw-string. For this reason the C<-w> switch produce warnings if the STRING contains the "," or the "#" character.` [download] So, there is a difference, although small. Jeroen "We are not alone"(FZ)	[reply] [d/l]
Re tilly (3): why qw() rather than () by tilly (Archbishop) on Jan 23, 2001 at 06:59 UTC
No. Using strict would point out the error for you.	[reply]