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split in scalar context [was: Alarums and Excursions]

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On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:59:24 -0600, Tom Christiansen wrote:
> or even better
> 
>     #!/usr/bin/perl -n
>     next if /^=for\s+(index|later)/;
>     $chars += length;
>     $words += split;
Aha.  So I am not the only one with a use for split() in scalar context. 
So can we please eliminate the annoying warning
  Use of implicit split to @_ is deprecated 
that it generates (when you enable warnings, which Tom didn't)?  Why it
ever split to @_ I don't know and don't want to, but this has been
deprecated roughly forever and surely it is time to move to the
post-deprecation phase of removal.
-- 
Peter Scott
https://www.perlmedic.com/
https://www.perldebugged.com/

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• Re: split in scalar context [was: Alarums and Excursions] by Peter Scott
• Re: split in scalar context [was: Alarums and Excursions] by Abigail
• Re: split in scalar context [was: Alarums and Excursions] by Aristotle Pagaltzis
• Re: split in scalar context [was: Alarums and Excursions] by Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
• Re: split in scalar context [was: Alarums and Excursions] by Aristotle Pagaltzis
• Re: split in scalar context [was: Alarums and Excursions] by Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes