note moritz As [Jeffrey Kegler|Jeffrey] pointed out it means that you can't reliably parse perl code without executing it. <p>This means that things like static code analysis, code transformation and syntax hilighting will never be reliable. <p>This is a drawback indeed, but on the other hand it means that modules can extend Perl's syntax, and that other nifty stuff can be accomplished. <p>So I understand this node as a proof of a property that is seldom fully understood. 663393 663406