in reply to Re^10: Shouldn't references be readonly? (updated)
in thread Shouldn't LITERAL references be readonly? (updated)
See also stringification, which allows you to say:
no stringification;
and forbids
"$ref" # stringify $ref . "foo" # concat lc $ref lcfirst $ref uc $ref ucfirst $ref quotemeta $ref
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