This means that you can even quote the delimiter in the string as long as it's balanced. $X=q( foo() ) Should work if it's balanced. If you choose a diffe

This means that you can even quote the delimiter in the string as long as it's balanced. $X=q( foo() ) Should work if it's balanced. If you choose a different pair like []{} then you can avoid hitting collisions. It also means that you can trivially nest quotations. I agree that this qualified quotation is really underutilized.