Re^3: why avoid & on function call

Bareword use without parens is also the reason why the sub NAME; syntax without function {BODY} exists.

One can pre-declare functions for the first parse, which are later defined (or resolved via AUTOLOAD)

  DB<188> sub frob; frob(1,2,3); sub frob { say "@_" }
1 2 3

  DB<189>
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Cheers Rolf
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