>>>>> "Jenda" == Jenda Krynicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jenda> I think the nicest example is
Jenda> use File::Copy;
Jenda> copy $source => $destination;
[edited slightly]
The big problem with using the big arrow there is when you have
constants:
use constant TEMPLATE => '/usr/lib/templates/foo.html';
use File::Copy;
copy TEMPLATE => $destination;
oops! This just tried to copy a file named "TEMPLATE" to
$destination, not the value of the constant! But *this*
would have worked:
copy TEMPLATE, $destination;
So, in general, I actively discourage the use of fatarrow as a funny
comma, unless that use is to explicitly quote the left argument.
Please pass this along.
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