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=item RXf_SPLIT
If C<split> is invoked as C<split ' '> or with no arguments (which
-really means C<split(' ', $_>, see L<split|perlfunc/split>), perl will
+really means C<split(' ', $_)>, see L<split|perlfunc/split>), perl will
set this flag. The regex engine can then check for it and set the
SKIPWHITE and WHITE extflags. To do this the perl engine does: