Re: assign to magic name-of-function variable instead of "return"

[Jarkko Hietaniemi]

On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 05:01:03AM +1100, Damian Conway wrote:
>    > Really?  Are lexicals in the sub visible in the post handler?
> 
> No. Only the original arguments and the return value.
>    
>    > (Of course I realize *F does not illustrate this...)
> 
> Exactly. ;-)
> 
> Actually, I do agree that Perl 6 ought to provide a universal "destructor"
> mechanism on *any* block. For historical reasons, I suppose it should be
> C<continue>, though I would much prefer a more generic name, such as
> C<cleanup>.

C<mop> ? :-)

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