Re^3: Is space supposed to be ignored between a sigil and its variable name?

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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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Re^4: Is space supposed to be ignored between a sigil and its variable name? by Anonymous Monk on Apr 18, 2009 at 15:45 UTC
context rich enviroment :) `<$fh> readline$fh < $fh > <$ fh> glob$fh` [download] you want space, use glob :)	[reply] [d/l]

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