Reject invalid $0-prefixed global variable names like $01, $0abc#9445
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Match MRI by rejecting `$0`-prefixed identifiers like `$01` or `$0abc` at the lexer with `'<name>' is not allowed as a global variable name`.
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Match MRI by rejecting
$0-prefixed identifiers like$01or$0abcat the lexer with'<name>' is not allowed as a global variable name.This way we can enable both
test_ungettable_gvarandtest_symbol.test_symbolhas 10 assertions and only the last one was failing before this.