Re^4: unless weirdness

That quote is misleading. "&" has side-effects. It's purpose isn't to get around declaring a sub.

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Re^5: unless weirdness by chromatic (Archbishop) on May 08, 2009 at 08:43 UTC
Its purpose isn't to get around declaring a sub. Yes and no. It's an unambiguous parser hint that the following potential bareword isn't a bareword but a subroutine call. I hate it too, but that's one of its functions.	[reply]