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@@ -263,7 +263,14 @@ automatically lexically declared.
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=item *
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-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
+L<Possible attempt to escape whitespace in qw() list|perldiag/"Possible attempt to escape whitespace in qw() list">
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+(W qw) qw() lists contain items separated by whitespace; contrary to
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+what some might expect, backslash characters cannot be used to "protect"
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+whitespace from being split, but are instead treated as literal data.
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+Note that this warnings is I<only> emitted when the backslash is followed
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+by actual whitespace (that C<qw> splits on).
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=back
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