Re: $1[

You are using a screwdriver to stab someone. While that is also deadly, the right tool makes a much cleaner cut:

$_ =~ tr/()/[]/;
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holli

You can lead your users to water, but alas, you cannot drown them.

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Re^2: $1[ by rsFalse (Chaplain) on Oct 10, 2017 at 19:59 UTC
Problem I was solving was more complicated, I only left some context in which I have used square brackets. I've simplified for show a problem of interpreting '$1[', which looks to me as a bug.	[reply]
Re^3: $1[ by Anonymous Monk on Feb 06, 2019 at 12:34 UTC
No, for sure it is not a bug. When in doubt use the ${name} form inside of double quoted strings, or other contexts with similar rules. This could have happened with a var named $foo demerphq (dmq but i can't be bothered to log in)	[reply]
Re^4: $1[ by demerphq (Chancellor) on Feb 06, 2019 at 12:36 UTC
That was me. Can't even remember my account name apparently. :-) --- $world=~s/war/peace/g	[reply]