use v5.16; no v5.17; no strict 'subs'; sub r { $_[0] } # no-op? sub rr :lvalue { $_[0] } # no-op? $_ = 1; say ( $ ++ _ ) + $_++; $_ = 1; say ($_) + $_++; $_ = 1; say r($_) + $_++; $_ = 1; say $_ + $_++; $_ = 1; say $_ + ++$_; $_ = 1; say r(++$_) + r(++$_); $_ = 1; say ++$_ + ++$_; $_ = 1; say rr(++$_) + rr(++$_)++; $_ = 1; say ++rr(++$_) + rr(++$_); $_ = 1; say ++rr(++$_) + rr(++$_)++; $_ = 1; say ++rr(++$_) + ++rr(r(rr(++$_)++));