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Yeah (Score:1)
Lbh'er zbqvslvat gur inyhrf bs gur cnenzrgre yvfg juvpu ner nyvnfrq gb gur inyhrf bs gur inevnoyrf va gur pnyyre'f fpbcr, gurersber zbqvslvat gur pnyyre'f fpbcr, be va guvf pnfr, "ernq-bayl inyhrf".
Of course, your tests should have found this instantly, if you used something like the examples you have there, as it throws up an immediate error.
Why does Perl do this? It's bitten me in the ass a few times, and I can't seriously imagine using it deliberately in code to be maintained.
Re:Yeah (Score:2)
Right in one! Fortunately, the fix is trivial, but it's strange to see if folks don't know what's going on, so I document it.
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