#!/usr/bin/perl -w
print 0+"0 but true",$/;
print 0+"0\0",$/;
__END__
Argument "0" isn't numeric in addition (+) at - line 3
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Not only does it generate warnings, but they are confusing warnings. I'd probably use "00" over "0\0" if you wanted something that printed out nicer. (: