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[Big and Blue]

Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
>
>> @corenames=qw(
>> rb_basic_islamic
>> sq1_pentagonTile
>> sq_arc501Tile
>> sq_arc503Tile
>> );
> 
> 
> Impractical to mix code and data, isn't it?

    Obviously not impractical, given he did it quite easily and succinctly.

> chomp( my @corenames = <DATA> );
> 
> __DATA__
> rb_basic_islamic
> sq1_pentagonTile
> sq_arc501Tile
> sq_arc503Tile

    Not so easy when you have multiple variables to set.  And the original 
version was transparent in what it was doing - your version is not.


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