in reply to Re: Is space supposed to be ignored between a sigil and its variable name?
in thread Is space supposed to be ignored between a sigil and its variable name?

Perl ignores whitespace.

...except where it doesn't :)

Like for example in  < $fh >  vs.  <$fh>.  Or even in <$ fh> — to keep it on-topic.

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Re^3: Is space supposed to be ignored between a sigil and its variable name?
by jettero (Monsignor) on Apr 18, 2009 at 15:42 UTC
    Yeah, I suspect the perl toeknizer turns <$fh> into a single token... probably historical, since it always used to be <BLARG> and <> also does <stuff.*> ... so yeah, fine except where it doesn't work -- like way too much overloaded operators?

    -Paul

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      context rich enviroment :)
            <$fh>
readline$fh
    < $fh >
     <$ fh>
    glob$fh

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      you want space, use glob :)
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