According to S03, ~ is tighter than x, while in Perl 5, . was looser than x.
This can be surprising in things like
"@" x 75 ~ $zap
Which has to be written as
("@" x 75) ~ $zap
in order to make sense.
Was this intentional? What is the rationale?
Juerd
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