Thanks. :)

For what it's worth, BooK already describes its function as "List Interpolation" in perlsecret

While that's not wrong, it's not giving the whole picture IMHO.

From the visual association, I'd say "Mexican Sledge".

I see a guy with sombrero dragging a sled(ge)° uphill

@{[ ]}

, tho this might depend on the font chosen ... :)

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

°) not sure of the terminology here, seems to be an AE vs BE issue.

In reply to Re^5: Splitting Hairs (Mexican Sledge) by LanX
in thread Splitting in while loop by tel2

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