Re: split//; (Re^2: Golf: Sudoku solving)

in reply to split//; (Re^2: Golf: Sudoku solving)
in thread Golf: Sudoku solving

Perhaps this explains it:

C:\test>\perl32\bin\perl -wnle"print $]; split; print join '|', @_"
Use of implicit split to @_ is deprecated at -e line 1.
evry good boy deserves food
5.008009
evry|good|boy|deserves|food

C:\test>\perl64\bin\perl -wnle"print $]; split; print join '|', @_"
Use of implicit split to @_ is deprecated at -e line 1.
the quick brown foox
5.010001
the|quick|brown|foox
Terminating on signal SIGINT(2)
Terminating on signal SIGINT(2)

C:\test>perl -wnle"print $]; split; print join '|', @_"
Useless use of split in void context at -e line 1.
evry good boy deserves food
5.016001
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As you can see, in 5.8 and 5.10, split in a void context was deprecated, but it put its results into @_;

Somewhere between 5.10 and 5.16, the deprecation was enforced and that facility was removed. Which mean your golf script no longer works.

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