John Porter wrote:
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>Dave Mitchell wrote:
>> ie by default lexicals are only in scope in their own sub, not within
>> nested subs - and you have to explicitly 'import' them to use them.
>
>No. People who write closures know what they're doing.
>
>When's the last time someone "accidentally" wrote a closure?
People using mod_perl do it all the time:
http://www.perlreference.com/mod_perl/guide/obvious.html
I don't agree with the original proposal, since 'use diagnostics'
will tell you about closures -- but people DO create closures by
mistake, and it can be a very difficult bug to trace if you aren't
used to closures.
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