>>>>> "Paul" == Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Paul> This is lovely, and a great opportunity to show some new toys to
Paul> beginners, as well as some well-placed caveats. With your indulgence,
Paul> I'll try to break this down for the newbies. :)
Great!
Paul> Be careful with this, though -- if you call some other function
Paul> from this scope, the value of $SIG{__WARN__} will still be the
Paul> routine that increments $bad, but it won't be able to see the
Paul> $bad we made with my()!
Wrong. It'll still work! It's a closure!
(now explain that... :)
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