# Ugly to me...
if (my ($this, $that, $some, $other) = $line =~ /(this).*(that).*(some).*(other)/) { 
  do_it();
};

# Better, I think...
if ($line =~ /(this).*(that).*(some).*(other)/) {
  my ($this, $that, $some, $other) = ($1, $2, $3, $4);
  do_it();
}


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my ( $this, $that, $some, $other, $foo, $bar, $baz ) = ( $1 .. $+ );