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The warning message Perl itself emits when it encounters this construct describes it as "deprecated". Surely it's reasonable to follow that example?

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Re^4: returning ref to static var vs. copying
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 11, 2009 at 06:37 UTC

    Of deprecation, Wikipedia says

    In computer software standards and documentation, the term deprecation is applied to software features that are superseded and should be avoided.

    ok, so I guess it is deprecated. (It was born that way.)

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