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• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
  • What are all these $@%* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to use them?
  • Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and commas?
  • How do I skip some return values?
  • How do I temporarily block warnings?
  • What's an extension?
  • Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
  • How do I declare/create a structure?
  • How do I create a module?
  • How do I create a class?
  • How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
  • What's a closure?
  • How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method, Regexp}?
  • How do I create a static variable?
  • What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping? Between local() and my()?
  • How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical is in scope?
  • What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
  • Why doesn't "local($foo) = ;" work right?
  • How do I redefine a built-in function, operator, or method?
  • What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
  • How do I create a switch or case statement?
  • How can I catch accesses to undefined variables/functions/methods?
  • Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
  • How can I find out my current package?
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