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in reply to Re^2: RFC: Perl-Critic policy: ProhibitInlineSystemArgs
in thread RFC: Perl-Critic policy: ProhibitInlineSystemArgs

... the shell escaping/quoting is handled under the covers.

Fewer bugs creep into code, and fewer portability problems arise, with the multiple-argument form.

Complete red herring.

There's also very few instances where the muliple-argument form is any kind of hinderance.

Also not so


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