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in thread The way around < 5.6.x grep(... [,]* readdir(DIR)

I also dispute the OP's implication that Perl 5.6 and/or prior (or is it "since"?) required a comma after a block argument to grep. I'm pretty sure that this particular aspect of the grammar has not changed in a very long time (not since the ability to use a block was implemented).

- tye        

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