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This is a followup to the https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/22136#issuecomment-2262174418 discussion.
**Description** If you use `open` to duplicate a bareword filehandle, it seems to be exempt from `use strict` (is this documented anywhere?), but only sometimes. **Steps to Reproduce** ``` $...
Commit c844eac5926d1efbdfbf2e8bcc3989ba6a6aee50 has triggered [CPANtesters failures for the Devel-Cover distribution](http://fast-matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Devel-Cover;perl=5.41.2;reports=1#). [Sample failure report](http://www.cpantesters.org/cpan/report/069c515e-4da1-11ef-8f5c-a1ff90e2763b) Extract: ``` # Failed test 'output' # at blib/lib/Devel/Cover/Test.pm line 304. # +----+------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ # | Elt|Got |Expected...
This post exposes some of the shortcomings of the `for_list` feature: > ## No placeholders (yet) > So far, this new syntax doesn’t have a way to skip values. In...
An advantage of combining API elements that do almost the same thing into a single group, is that disparities in their signatures become much more visible. These are typically harmless,...
This is a bug report for perl from [email protected], generated with the help of perlbug 1.42 running under perl 5.36.0. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Please describe your issue here] Here's the issue illustrated:...
Migrated from [rt.perl.org#119663](https://rt-archive.perl.org/perl5/Ticket/Display.html?id=119663) (status was 'open') Searchable as RT119663$
No matter all my life I thought "Sigil" only meant "$". It's not because "S" looks like "$", it was because of this one sided example! Well, no more discrimination...
This is an example how to eliminate C preprocessor complexity on example of one function. This PR is made to support discussion on mailing list. Complexity of PP functions: |...
**Where** Perl doc perlfunc end of "our" section. **Description** Please rephrase: "our differs from use vars, which allows use of an unqualified name only within the affected package, but across...
