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Expand Up @@ -1393,7 +1393,8 @@ hashes, lists and even references. (See L<"Context"|perldata/Context>
and L<perldata/List value constructors>, and L<perlref/Assigning to
References>.)

Unlike in C, the scalar assignment operator produces a valid lvalue.
The scalar assignment operator returns its left operand, i.e. the scalar
assigned to. Unlike in C, it produces a valid lvalue.
Modifying an assignment is equivalent to doing the assignment and
then modifying the variable that was assigned to. This is useful
for modifying a copy of something, like this:
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