Re: Re[2]: When to use "my"?

[Paul Johnson]

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 06:07:38PM -0400, Tim Musson wrote:
> Hey Brett,
> 
> Friday, June 15, 2001, 4:28:05 PM, you wrote:
> 
> BWM> Using "my" puts the variable into a lexical scope and keeps it
> BWM> out of the global name space.
> 
> What does lexical mean here?  I looked it up in a dictionary, but still
> am not sure how it applies.

It refers to scope.  The lexical variable cannot be seen outside of the
scope in which it is declared.  This can be determined during lexical
analysis.

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