in reply to Re^2: $1[ (or "Does an array @1 exist in Perl ? - Yes!")
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One can use "$1[$2]$3[$4]$5" expecting no array (with impossible names according doc) interpretation.

No, the documentation does not say they are impossible at all:

Perl variable names may also be a sequence of digits, a single punctuation character, or the two-character sequence: ^ (caret or CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT) followed by any one of the characters [][A-Z^_?\] . These names are all reserved for special uses by Perl; for example, the all-digits names are used to hold data captured by backreferences after a regular expression match.

So @1, @2, @1066, etc. are all perfectly valid. They are just reserved for special uses by Perl.

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Re^4: $1[ (reserved != allowed)
by LanX (Saint) on Oct 11, 2017 at 15:31 UTC
    One can reserve @1 , but the parser should croak or at least warn as long as the reservation wasn't filled with meaning.

    I think %+ and %- are good examples of taking advantage of reserved variables after introducing named captures in regex. ( added in Perl v5.10.0)

    @1 has no special meaning and doesn't need to be declared under strict!

    As a side note, it's possible to use @a or %b without explicit declaration under strict ... that's really not optimal and really should be documented.

    Cheers Rolf
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      By the way, today I've found that in Modern_Perl book, as an example is given @3 as incorrect name: 
      These are invalid Perl identifiers:
my $invalid name;  # space is invalid
my @3;             # cannot start with number
my %~flags;        # symbols invalid in name

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      (from 4th edition, page #13)
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        > in Modern_Perl book, as an example is given @3 as incorrect name: 
        These are invalid Perl identifiers:
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my @3;             # cannot start with number

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        Which is correct, cause my declares a lexical var, no exceptions needed there 

          DB<475> my @3 =(1,2,3)
Can't use global @3 in "my" at (eval 679)[C:/Perl_64/lib/perl5db.pl:64
+6] line 2, ...

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        Cheers Rolf
        (addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
        Je suis Charlie!

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