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  # becomes:            v^^^       v   ^
        my @copy= Filter {s/\s/_/g} @list;

Most of our examples will use this shorter syntax.

Note also that by importing Filter via the C<use> statement:

    use Algorithm::Loops qw( Filter );

it gets declared before the rest of our code is compiled so we don't have
to use parentheses when calling it.  We I<can> if we want to, however:

        my @copy= Filter( sub {s/\s/_/g}, @list );

=head3 Note on "Function BLOCK LIST" bugs

Note that in at least some versions of Perl, support for the "Filter
BLOCK ..." syntax is somewhat fragile.  For example:

    ... Filter( {y/aeiou/UAEIO/} @list );

may give you this error:

    Array found where operator expected

which can be fixed by dropping the parentheses:

    ... Filter {y/aeiou/UAEIO/} @list;

So if you need or want to use parentheses when calling Filter, it is best
to also include the C<sub> keyword and the comma:

    #         v <--------- These ---------> v
    ... Filter( sub {y/aeiou/UAEIO/}, @list );
    # require   ^^^ <--- these ---> ^ (sometimes)

so your code will be portable to more versions of Perl.

=head3 Examples