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diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod index b86dda4fba..04e1b48036 100644 --- a/pod/perlop.pod +++ b/pod/perlop.pod @@ -1987,7 +1987,8 @@ depending on context. This distinction is determined on syntactic grounds alone. That means C<< <$x> >> is always a readline() from an indirect handle, but C<< <$hash{key}> >> is always a glob(). That's because $x is a simple scalar variable, but C<$hash{key}> is -not--it's a hash element. +not--it's a hash element. Even C<< <$x > >> (note the extra space) +is treated as C<glob("$x ")>, not C<readline($x)>. One level of double-quote interpretation is done first, but you can't say C<< <$foo> >> because that's an indirect filehandle as explained |