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Don't ask to ask, just ask  Comment on  Correction: for any
punctuation character x except '[' and '{', there exist global
variables $x, @x and %x. Those variables are not necessarily
magic, and their existence doesn't depend on the fact that $x
does something useful. For example, none of $}, @} and %} are
magic, yet they are all global variables.  In reply to Re^2: Why
doesn't "my ($x) = @);" generate a syntax error? by Grimy  and: 
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