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in thread heredoc interpolation

Note the side-effect that "\" ceases to be special.
my $baz = 'interpolated'; print <<__EOI__; Double quoted or unquoted $baz foo\\bar __EOI__ print("\n"); print <<'__EOI__'; Single quoted $baz foo\\bar __EOI__
Double quoted or unquoted interpolated foo\bar Single quoted $baz foo\\bar