Nick Ing-Simmons wrote:
>
> Buddha Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >I haven't looked at the internals for local, but isn't:
> >
> >{
> > local $foo;
> >
> > ...
> >}
> >
> >effectively syntactic sugar for:
> >
> >{
> > my $unnamed_foo = $foo; # $unnamed_foo not accessible
> >
> > ...
> >
> > $foo = $unnamed_foo;
> >}
> >
> >Is there something in the behavior of local I'm missing?
>
> There certainly is - that functions _called_ in the scope of the
> local see the $unnamed_foo as the value of $foo too.
> While hard to get ones brain round at first is is amazingly useful
> on occasion.
>
> --
> Nick Ing-Simmons
Plus, are you willing to guarantee that no reassignment ($foo =
$unnamed_foo) is every forgotten?
--
Matthew O. Persico
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we wouldn't call it code." - FedEx
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