in reply to declare and init a scalar

They are different, the first is an empty string (defined) the other is just undef. (not defined)

I'd say in general the first one is humbug ...

Cheers Rolf

PS: Je suis Charlie!

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Re^2: declare and init a scalar
by fionbarr (Friar) on Jan 22, 2015 at 20:19 UTC
    I should have said that I use 'q{}' on a string.
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